IS Chapter 83

Chapter 83

——What kind of upbringing can a dragon have? If we followed dragon upbringing, would this person still be here properly?

They would have been snatched away to the Abyss Sea long ago!

Thinking of this, Li Yuan felt quite annoyed.

Actually, there were many things he wanted to know.

He wanted to know where he came from, and even more, he wanted to know where he was going.

He wanted to know why this person wouldn’t agree to go to the Primordial Immortal Realm with him. He also wanted to know when they could leave together.

But when he spoke, his voice was soft: “I don’t ask about people, I only ask about your sword. I only ask, besides my scale, what other kinds of swords have you had?”

Ye Zhuo turned to look at Li Yuan.

Speaking softly, Dragon Li Yuan lowered his eyes, appearing quiet and gentle. As if he really only wanted to know what swords he had used before the Reverse Scale Sword.

“If you don’t want to answer, then forget it,” the dragon said.

Ye Zhuo: “Using retreat as an advance? You have a slight understanding of human tactics.”

“You!”

This person was really too much! Human grievances were complicated and intertwined, and those things might be sad things. Others asked, but he didn’t ask. Now that things had reached this point, he still insisted on not asking, yet this person said he was using retreat as an advance!

It was truly a waste to be a good person, he should just be locked up in the dragon dungeon of the Abyss Sea and directly interrogated.

Li Yuan was annoyed: “Ye Zhuo, don’t beat around the bush.”

Ye Zhuo looked at him and smiled softly.

——If he were in dragon form, his pupils would probably be narrowed into a line. It seemed that his thoughts had been exposed, and he was embarrassed and angry.

“Is it important?” Ye Zhuo said.

“It’s very important,” Li Yuan looked at him and said seriously.

“…Because my sword has never been broken. I don’t know how to make a sword cultivator say his sword is broken. Ye Zhuo, I was wondering if you have ever been sad.”

The spirit pearl still emitted a thin white mist,Piaomiao scattered between them.

Ye Zhuo slowly lowered his eyes, and this action seemed to hide the faint smile in his eyes.

Sad? Not really.

His fingers rested on the jet-black, jade-like Reverse Scale Sword, his fingers gently stroking the words “No Self” engraved on the sword.

“I have only ever had one life-bound sword, and that is this sword,” he said.

“What was broken in the past was not the sword in my hand,” Ye Zhuo said, “but the sword in my heart.”

Li Yuan’s brow furrowed even deeper.

“Can the sword in the heart also be broken?” Looking at Ye Zhuo, he said.

“It’s nothing, I just don’t want to practice it anymore.”

His gaze seemed to flow slowly with the ethereal white mist, Ye Zhuo said: “Actually, it’s not a bad thing. Is the sword that one has been practicing since the beginning of their life the sword that one wants? Not necessarily. What kind of sword path one wants, one will only understand after the first sword is broken.”

A strange thought arose in his heart, and he couldn’t say what it was. Li Yuan reached out and touched Ye Zhuo’s fingers.

The hand holding the sword. He stroked those beautiful knuckles one by one, gathered them in his palm, and then separated those ice-carved jade-like fingers, embedding his own fingers into them.

——What is Dragon Li Yuan doing? It’s really inexplicable.

Clearly, he was a black dragon that grew in the depths of the abyss, but the touch of his fingers was very warm. Ye Zhuo felt slightly uncomfortable and wanted to pull away, but was held back by the dragon.

“The one you’ve been practicing since the beginning of your life, is it the sword technique of the Illusion Sword Manor?” Li Yuan said.

Ye Zhuo looked at him quietly, without speaking.

Li Yuan was actually not a person who remembered many things. But those things related to Ye Zhuo seemed to be remembered especially clearly. He still remembered that just tonight, Ye Zhuo used the sword-drawing stance of the Illusion Sword Manor to half-draw his sword, causing Tai Huan’s face to change drastically.

But this person was just joking with Tai Huan, just scaring him.

When he truly drew his sword, he always used his own sword-drawing stance.

Ye Zhuo still wanted to break free from his hand. Li Yuan let go, and saw this person’s fingers return to the Reverse Scale Sword with incomparable naturalness. As if, as a sword cultivator, if he didn’t hold his life-bound sword in his hand, he would feel very uncomfortable.

——But is there a difference between this and holding his hand?

“Is there a difference?”

Ye Zhuo looked at the Reverse Scale Sword, and then at Li Yuan.

For a moment, he was speechless.

Li Yuan really wanted to ridicule him.

But he thought about it, and took out another sword. He felt he should take it out.

Slender and beautiful, with a color like glazed lotus flowers, it was the “Do Not Long For” sword, which Ye Zhuo had used when he was young.

A sword that implied lotus flowers, from the “Lian” family of the West Sea Heavenly Pool. And Ye Zhuo’s Lotus-Born Immortal Body, which came from the bloodline of the West Sea. Thinking about some things, it became very clear.

Ye Zhuo had also said that Do Not Long For was not his own sword.

Moreover, this sword was light and delicate in shape. When a swordsmith forged a sword, he would always want the sword to be like the person. This was a sword forged for a woman.

“I think, it’s not appropriate for this sword to be placed with me for no reason,” Li Yuan said seriously, “you should keep it yourself.”

Ye Zhuo frowned slightly, looked at the sword, but said, “I don’t want it.”

“Why?” Li Yuan said, “If I’m not mistaken, this should be the sword of your blood relative.”

Ye Zhuo: “Since you see it so clearly, why not just stop being so evasive.”

Li Yuan paused, and said: “This is your mother’s sword, right? Then I shouldn’t be holding it.”

“You already have it,” Ye Zhuo said lightly, “In short, I don’t want it.”

Li Yuan was puzzled. This was the second time Ye Zhuo had refused to accept this sword.

“Alright then,” Li Yuan said, “Since that’s the case, I will keep it properly. Whenever you want it, you can take it back.”

“You didn’t originally keep it properly?”

“Can you be reasonable?” Li Yuan said, “Since it’s a sword, I will naturally keep it well.”

Saying that, he placed the sword back into the sword box, his movements very gentle.

Ye Zhuo quietly watched Li Yuan close the sword box.

“Her name was Ling Ye,” Ye Zhuo suddenly said.

Li Yuan looked at him, stunned.

Ye Zhuo seemed to think for a moment, before saying: “But she is no longer here.”

“Was she good to you?” Li Yuan said softly.

Ye Zhuo seemed to be recalling. But there was only a blankness in his eyes.

“She should have been,” Ye Zhuo said, “I can’t remember clearly.”

After putting away the sword box, Li Yuan didn’t know what he should say now. After a long while, he said: “My mother is also gone.”

Ye Zhuo: “You’re really good at talking.”

“.”

“Then what about Yun Xiangxi?” Li Yuan said, “What kind of person is she to you?”

Ye Zhuo stared at him, and after a long while, he smiled.

“Guess?”

“I won’t guess,” Li Yuan said.

He looked at Ye Zhuo, his eyes like the calm waters of a deep abyss, with undercurrents and turbulence beneath, never showing on the surface.

He said: “If I guess right, it may not be a good story. If I guess wrong, you will make fun of me again.”

“Did I?”

“Yes,” Li Yuan said, “Anyway, I won’t guess.”

This dragon.

Ye Zhuo looked at him, and after a long while, said: “You will know.”

After saying that, he stood up, but was called by Li Yuan.

“Ye Zhuo?”

“What?”

“What I said, always counts,” Li Yuan said, “If you want to leave, tell me. I will take you away from here, I won’t stay for a moment.”

This dragon. If one didn’t know, they would think that he wasn’t his arch-enemy, but a close friend.

“Also, give me the lotus seeds.”

Ye Zhuo: “Why should I give them to you?”

“Unless I give them to you, you will go plant them, you will nurture them?”

Ye Zhuo thought about it, and realized that the dragon was indeed right.

In the end, Li Yuan also put away the three Immortal Lotus seeds. When he returned to Green Mountains, he would use the cold pool water to nurture them. When they took root and sprouted, he would think of a way to transplant them all to the Abyss Sea Palace. Li Yuan was very satisfied with this plan.

Of course, if he could take Ye Zhuo away with him, that would be even better.

“Where are we going next?” Li Yuan said.

“What is Wei Sheng Xian doing?”

Li Yuan thought about it, he had actually not paid attention to Wei Sheng Xian for a long time. “I told you, the last time I saw him, he was severing his three corpses in another great formation, and there were many other people there too.”

Ye Zhuo said: “Let’s go take a look.”

After all, dragons could fly much faster than humans. With no one around, Li Yuan directly transformed into a dragon and carried Ye Zhuo. Almost in an instant, they flew to the sky above the great formation where Wei Sheng Xian had been.

The black dragon was originally the color of the void night sky, and Li Yuan’s art of concealment was very well-learned, so no one discovered that they were high above.

Ye Zhuo looked down: “…What are they doing?”

Li Yuan didn’t know what they were doing either.

The last time he saw Wei Sheng Xian, he was still breaking the formation by severing his three corpses. Now, the formation had been broken, and everyone was gathered in the center of the formation, it was very lively.

Looking roughly, he recognized people from the Dao Sect, Sword Sect, Red Dust Sword Sect, Primordial Sect, Grand Mountain Sect, and some other sects.

——The Primordial Sect’s headmaster, Shen Jingzhen, was not among them.

It made sense, after all, other people’s disciples were by their sides, but his disciple was lost.

In the center of the formation was an ancient stone platform that was exactly the same as the one in Du Mountain. In the center of the stone platform was a strange black and white insect corpse, and the insect corpse was holding a spirit pearl with a brilliant light.

Ye Zhuo took out the spirit pearl he had obtained from the Eightfold Samsara Flower, and found that the two looked almost exactly the same.

“Is it a Legacy Pearl?” Li Yuan asked him.

Ye Zhuo: “Yes.”

Being Legacy Pearls, the information and spiritual thoughts contained in these two spirit pearls were much more profound and vast than the one Xuanwu gave him, so he had never opened them rashly.

The great formation had stretched for thousands of years, these two pearls were very likely left by ancient sages.

“Then what are they doing?” As he spoke, the black dragon explored a little further down.

After seeing clearly, Ye Zhuo was once again speechless.

In the very center, the treasures in the center of the formation and the Legacy Pearl of the ancient sages of thousands of years ago were placed in their original positions.

On the stone platform, Wei Sheng Xian and another person were playing chess, and the chessboard was very large. Above the chessboard floated a huge light curtain of formation, displaying their chess game to everyone.

The person playing chess with Wei Sheng Xian was wearing a purple robe, with flowing light shifting and changing behind him, he was clearly Qiong Tong Guan Master Yin Ye.

His six roots were all gone, and he could still play chess, it seemed that he hadn’t gotten rid of them thoroughly enough.

——And the others were naturally watching them play chess.

Even Li Yuan was somewhat silent at such a scene.

On both sides of the chess game, Wei Sheng Xian held the black pieces, and Yin Ye held the white pieces.

Their swords were placed by their sides. Being branches of the Jianmu, Wei Sheng Xian’s Late Clearing sword had newly opened flowers on its branches. Yin Ye’s sword was surrounded by black, withered branches, and its name was engraved on the hilt. This sword was called “Resentment”.

An elder of the Primordial Sect looked at the black pieces on the chessboard and sighed: “Heaven’s will is harmonious.”

Another elder of the Dao Sect looked at the white pieces played by Yin Ye and said: “Human will is strange and different.”

The Primordial Sect Elder said: “The Way of Heaven is eternal.”

“The Way of Man is obscure and bright.”

The Grand Mountain Sect’s Elder Pu was also speaking to the Grand Mountain Sect Master: “This chess game is a creation of nature.”

“They are truly talented geniuses, we are far from being able to reach their level.”

Standing at the very front was the Dao Sect’s Supreme Elder, who was also the former Sect Master, the Supreme Purity Immortal. Naturally, the Supreme Purity Immortal was also watching the chess game.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was clearly becoming increasingly scarce, but the younger generation of the Immortal Dao was rising like a storm. One by one, they were like unpredictable geniuses.

Not to mention Micro-Snow Palace, not to mention Yin Ye of Qiong Tong Guan, Shen Xinge of Primordial Sect, Su Yizhen of Sword Sect, all belonged to this category.

——The Dao Sect of this generation just happened to lack a talented genius.

The Supreme Purity Immortal didn’t say a word.

In the sky, Ye Zhuo also didn’t have anything he wanted to say.

The current situation was already very clear.

So many people had broken the formation together, but the treasures in the center of the formation could only be obtained by one person. Several major sects of the Immortal Dao were present, and the leading Dao Sect was also there, so it was naturally not good to fight and shed blood.

Somehow, it was decided to use the Dao debate to determine the outcome. This was something they could do.

After debating back and forth, they were all defeated, and even the Dao Sect didn’t get any advantage. Wei Sheng Xian and Yin Ye were left, using chess to debate their victory or defeat.

The chessboard was not chess, but the Dao in their hearts. Looking at the situation, it was a picture of evenly matched strength, and the outcome was still unknown.

Li Yuan was silent for a long time: “Is this how Dao cultivators are?”

“Yes,” Ye Zhuo said.

“Then…” Li Yuan looked faintly at the insect corpse and the Legacy Pearl in the center of the stone platform.

Ye Zhuo also looked down from above, quietly looking at those two things: “Just like you’re thinking.”

Li Yuan scrutinized the bottom.

Rare treasures were right in front of them. A group of Immortal Sect Masters, Dao Sect Elders, if there was no one around, they would kill to seize the treasure, but with everyone gathered together, they could only put on a civilized appearance and play chess to debate the Dao.

——Today, Li Yuan finally understood what Ye Zhuo felt in his heart when he first saw him in the East Sea.

At times like this, there would only be one word in his heart.

That was——

“Snatch?”

“Snatch.”