Chapter 0: My Master Is Beyond Saving
Bai Dengfeng and Bai Tanhai soon paid the price for their actions. Covered in wounds, their eyes filled with fear and shock, they were defeated without any surprise and were immobilized on the ground by forbidden spirit arts.
To be precise, they were defeated by Li Yuanzhen alone.
Although the little gambler usually said terrifying things that annoyed people, there was one thing she never boasted about. In the Sword Questioning Sect and even throughout Das, the Righteous Valor Fairy was undeniably the leader among the younger generation.
Moreover, once she closed her mouth and devoted her entire being to combat, her heroic and handsome face, her dazzling swordplay that sought life, and her elegant Daoist robes made Qin Gou, who witnessed the entire process, even have the illusion that the peerless sword immortal before him was the true form of the Righteous Valor Fairy, Li Yuanzhen.
Her sword was an unyielding pine standing tall amidst the raging storm.
Her graceful steps were like the sole elf blooming on a perilous cliff.
She was…!
“Humble Daoist will kill you!” Li Yuanzhen shouted charmingly and delivered a forceful kick to Bai Dengfeng’s chest.
“Still proud? Still proud?”
“We surrendered, why would the Righteous Valor Fairy do this!”
“Be more arrogant, bully people more. Watch me use this Lion’s Head Shaking Consecutive Kick, go to hell!”
“Ouch, you lunatic!”
Watching Li Yuanzhen unhesitatingly go to beat up the surrendered prisoners, Qin Gou suddenly wanted to slap himself. How long had he been with this wench, and he was still so easily fooled by her appearance? Shameful, truly shameful.
But he could only blame the little gambler’s deceptive appearance. The first time he saw her, he truly felt that the word ‘Saintess’ was born for her alone. Even if he believed in ghosts, he could never have imagined that this beautiful and graceful woman, with a captivating gaze, would be a scoundrel with a mind full of filth! So… there really are ghost cultivators in the Cultivation World.
“The two of you are being too reckless,” Bai Yunxi said with a sigh after a long period of silence.
Qin Gou smiled slightly and said, “We were indeed out of line for a while, but Peak Master Bai did not stop us from the beginning to the end. This shows that Peak Master Bai also felt it was very satisfying to watch this scene, right?”
“Yes,” Bai Yunxi nodded without any hesitation, and then said with a troubled expression, “I never took their strength and cultivation seriously. What I truly worry about are the Bai Family and the Great Elder they represent. The Bai Family is powerful, and even the Sect Master would not intervene unless absolutely necessary. Now that they, as envoys from the special Bai Family, have been humiliated to this extent, I really don’t know how to resolve this.”
Qin Gou said calmly, “Peak Master Bai, you don’t need to worry. I have a plan.”
Then, under Bai Yunxi’s surprised and inscrutable gaze, Qin Gou winked at Li Yuanzhen and said, “Use the Invisible Slash to erase these two guys’ memories.”
Li Yuanzhen gripped her silver-white long sword and said, “But even if their memories are erased, their injuries remain. Outsiders will still easily notice what we’ve done.”
Qin Gou slowly walked up to a terrified Bai Dengfeng and stared at his face for more than ten seconds before speaking indifferently, “I didn’t say you should erase their memories to hide our righteous act. Actually, I’ve always been curious, if the Invisible Slash spirit tool can erase a part of their memories with one strike, what if you strike several more times?”
“If I don’t control it deliberately, I’ll turn them into idiots who know nothing,” Li Yuanzhen replied truthfully.
Qin Gou smiled knowingly and said, “That’s exactly what I want. Go ahead, reset most of their memories, but don’t kill them, or the Bai Family will surely find out. Let them wander aimlessly in the Sword Questioning Sect for a while, and leave the rest to me.”
Li Yuanzhen nodded as if she understood, and was about to act.
“Wait a moment,” Bai Yunxi immediately stopped her, and said with concern, “Qin Gou, child, you must not be reckless and harm yourself!”
Qin Gou remained calm and smiled slightly, “It’s alright, Peak Master Bai. I already have a plan. And even if this plan fails, I still won’t fear the Bai Family.” With that, Qin Gou took out a finely crafted token from his Nascent Storage Ring to reassure Bai Yunxi and handed it over.
“This aura is… a Dharma Aspect True Person? No!”
As soon as the token was taken out of the Nascent Storage Ring, Bai Yunxi keenly sensed a coercive aura emanating from a Dharma Aspect True Person, and was shocked. She quickly took the token, examined it carefully, and exclaimed, “This is the order of the Palace Lord of the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace? And this aura, if I’m not mistaken, must be from that Ancestor Ye himself.”
“Indeed.”
Bai Yunxi looked Qin Gou up and down as if she were meeting him for the first time, and asked in confusion, “Child, how do you have this token? Ancestor Ye leaving this trace of coercion on it represents her approval. With this token, you can even mobilize the forces of the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace distributed throughout the Cultivation World at will! No, your surname is Qin, could it be…”
Bai Yunxi’s words trailed off. After a moment of deliberation, she said in disbelief, “Your real name is not Qin Gou, is it? You are Qin Yue, the newly appointed Palace Lord of the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace… not that ‘Little Demon Master’ who isn’t known for her strength!”
Little Demon Master?
Li Yuanzhen, who had been imprisoned in the Purple Extreme Demonic Sect’s dungeon for a long time, looked at Qin Gou beside her in confusion… How did the Demon Master become small? How small? Even Master knew about it.
Qin Gou smiled bitterly and said, “My real name is Qin Gou. Qin Yue is just a pseudonym I sometimes use. Now, Peak Master Bai should be at ease, right? Even if this matter is exposed, would the Bai Family dare to trouble me for the sake of these two insignificant individuals?”
Bai Yunxi tried hard to calm the storm in her heart and said, “I knew from the beginning that you must be a child of extraordinary background, because from start to finish, even though I am at the peak of the Dao Comprehension Realm, I found it difficult to see through your cultivation, yet I never imagined that you would have achieved such status at such a young age.”
“There will be more surprises waiting for Peak Master Bai in the future. I just hope they won’t be scares,” Qin Gou said meaningfully, rubbing his nose. Then, with a wave of his hand, Li Yuanzhen’s swords fell rapidly, and the frantic curses and shattering sounds from Bai Dengfeng and Bai Tanhai echoed.
Bai Yunxi sighed with a strange expression, “I’m already quite scared. It’s said that the ‘Little Demon Master’ Qin Yue of the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace has a very close relationship with the renowned Ancestor Ye… No, this can no longer be considered a rumor. People from the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace in Das have always talked openly that their Palace Lord has finally found her beloved!”
Qin Gou’s face turned green, and he kept coughing dryly, “Peak Master Bai, please don’t believe those rumors. Ye Qishuang and I have a very pure cooperative relationship. We have always treated each other with respect, that is the truth!”
Bai Yunxi nodded with a hint of doubt. In fact, seeing Qin Gou’s nervousness was enough for her. After all, as an incompetent mother, how could she possibly discipline Gu Feiyan properly?
Even if Qin Gou was just a suitor, Gu Feiyan was determined to stick with him. What could she do?
Suddenly, Qin Gou’s expression turned serious. He cupped his fists and said, “Next, I hope Peak Master Bai can do me a favor. I urgently need to know the whereabouts of Hai Buxing, the Holy Son of your sect’s Enemy Subduing Peak. Time is of the essence!”
Hearing this, Bai Yunxi nodded slightly and left without asking for reasons.
Soon after, she returned and said with certainty, “I checked Hai Buxing’s spiritual power imprint left in the Sword Questioning Sect. His whereabouts are indeed a bit strange. He is currently at the ‘Listening Sword Tomb’.”
Qin Gou immediately looked at Li Yuanzhen and asked, “Do you know the way? Take me there.”
Li Yuanzhen nodded and asked, pointing at Bai Dengfeng and the two who now looked dazed, “What about them?”
“Throw them into your cave abode first. Just make sure they can’t leave the Sword Questioning Sect for now. I have great use for them.”
Hearing this, Li Yuanzhen’s lips curled into a playful smile. From her experience of interacting with Qin Gou for so many days, she knew that a certain formidable family was about to have terrible luck.
After a brief preparation, Qin Gou and Li Yuanzhen quickly rushed to the Listening Sword Tomb.
…
Purple Ridge Arc Moon Mountain, heavy snow fell, covering everything in a world of white.
Ye Qishuang stood in the sky thousands of feet high with her bare body, filled with anger. She swore to find out whether Gu Yuan, that eccentric little girl, truly wanted to help her or was deliberately trying to disrupt her state of mind.
If Gu Yuan could not give a satisfactory explanation this time, she, Ye Qishuang, would discipline this incorrigible junior sister in the stead of her Master.
As for how to discipline her?
Naturally, she would imitate the method her Master was best at: making her bottom blossom and cry for three days and three nights!
However, as soon as she entered the familiar yet unfamiliar Celestial Master Pavilion on Arc-Moon Mountain, Ye Qishuang’s beautiful face changed color. Everything around was in disarray and devastation, as if a life-or-death battle had broken out here not long ago.
In the white snow, only one person lay quietly, the pool of blood beneath him like a blooming begonia.
“Master!”
Ye Qishuang’s cold and clear beautiful eyes quickly became bloodshot, and she rushed to the side of the man in white. Her heart ache was unbearable, and she was filled with extreme pain. “Master, what happened to you? How could this have happened? Who did this? I will make them Soul Scattered and Spirit Vanished!!”
Qin Yuan’s eyes were dim, blood continuously flowed from his mouth. He gave a wry smile and said, “Xinting, you’ve grown up.”
“Zhao Xinting!” Ye Qishuang spoke these three words with boundless rage. As a Dharma Aspect True Person, her fury even changed the weather, bringing down a deafening thunderclap amidst the heavy snow.
Qin Yuan weakly reached out and gently stroked Ye Qishuang’s soft cheek. Filled with unbearable sorrow yet utmost sincerity, he said, “Qishuang, my good child. Your Master is beyond saving. Remember, after I die, use spirit fire to burn my body and keep my ashes with you. When you encounter bad people, scatter them, so I can have the chance… to protect you one last time!”
