Chapter 0: Heart like Ashes
For a long time, Xia Luyin couldn’t react. It wasn’t that his thoughts were slow, but he never imagined that after Nine deaths, one survival, he would finally return to his own sect, only to be welcomed by the Peak Master he trusted the most, Bai Yunxi, who smashed him down, forcefully pressed his head, and made him kowtow in extreme humiliation.
“Bold! Peak Master Bai, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly so disrespectful to this Seat!” Xia Luyin gritted his teeth, struggling and roaring.
*Slap*
Bai Yunxi’s pretty face flushed with shame and anger. She slapped the back of Xia Luyin’s head and shouted, “You unlucky brat, who are you yelling at? Disrespectful? It’s early in the morning, and you don’t even come to greet me according to the rules. You dare to be so brazen and attempt to flirt with an elder. What else do you have to say!”
Xia Luyin’s head hit the ground again. He felt dizzy, his vision went black, and he was so provoked by Bai Yunxi’s words that his old face turned red. He quickly retorted, “Peak Master Bai, what nonsense are you spouting? Did you mistake me for someone else? This Seat is Xia Luyin!”
“I’m your mother!”
Bai Yunxi’s pretty face turned red. She gritted her silver teeth and chided, “This is the second day of the grand wedding! You dare to be so lawless. If you don’t sincerely call me ‘Mother’ today, you won’t be getting up.”
“Peak Master Bai, you’ve truly misunderstood. The one who stayed at the Sword Questioning Sect before was this Seat’s External Incarnation, while I, myself, was actually…”
“Actually, Sect Master Xia went to explore the Shen Hao Secret Realm, right?”
“You know?” Xia Luyin exclaimed.
“Seeking a beating!”
With a *slap*, Bai Yunxi hit the back of Xia Luyin’s head again.
“Ah, this makes me furious!” Xia Luyin was so ashamed he had nowhere to hide. He forced himself to his extremely weak body, activated his nearly depleted Dantian, and finally broke free from Bai Yunxi’s grasp. He stumbled back in panic, his fingers trembling as he pointed at Bai Yunxi and said, “Peak Master Bai, are you crazy?”
“Still pretending?” Bai Yunxi’s phoenix eyes narrowed. “By the way, where’s Xiao Yan? Where did she run off to?”
“What is Xiao Yan?”
Xia Luyin was completely bewildered.
“You… you scoundrel.” Bai Yunxi was almost angered to death on the spot. She suddenly stomped her foot. Not far away, a vase shattered, water gushed out, wooden furniture cracked, and stone bricks on the ground bulged… In an instant, dozens of sharp divine swords of water, wood, and stone shot out from various corners, pointing at Xia Luyin.
This was Bai Yunxi’s Natal Spirit Tool, ‘Five Elements Mobile Blades’. With a single thought, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth could be wielded as swords at will.
As the Sect Master, Xia Luyin naturally knew the abilities of his Peak Masters. At this moment, Bai Yunxi was clearly serious, and in his current state, he had no strength to resist!
In an instant, two swords, one of water and one of wood, shot towards him. They continuously brushed past Xia Luyin’s face and cut his long hair, but they did not truly attack, seeming to be mere threats.
However, the exhausted Xia Luyin didn’t think so. He never expected that after painstakingly escaping the Shen Hao Secret Realm and surviving the Ancestor Ye with incredible luck, he would end up regretting his life under the hands of the most trusted Peak Master Bai Yunxi at the safest Sword Questioning Sect.
Could there be a more unlucky and bizarre event in the world?!
For a moment, Xia Luyin retreated to the corner of the wall, with nowhere to escape. He couldn’t help but feel like laughing and crying. His face was ashen as he said, “My life is over…”
“That won’t happen.” Bai Yunxi snorted coldly and directly pierced Xia Luyin’s sleeves and pant legs with several sharp swords, pinning him to the wall in a spread-eagle posture as punishment.
“Peak Master Bai, you!” Xia Luyin felt like vomiting blood. For someone as proud as him, being subjected to such humiliation for no reason was more devastating than killing him directly.
“Hmph.” Bai Yunxi didn’t respond. Instead, she looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction. Dealing with disobedient youngsters just couldn’t be as gentle as before; one had to be appropriately strict to make them remember.
“Mother, we’ve come to pay our respects.”
Just then, Gu Feiyan’s crisp voice rang out from outside the cave.
Bai Yunxi’s expression softened, and she smiled happily. “Xiao Yan understands her mother best. Did you hear that? Aren’t you ashamed?” As she spoke, Bai Yunxi glared at Xia Luyin with a playful scolding, then turned and walked away with her hands behind her back.
“Someone kill this Seat…” Xia Luyin’s face was ashen.
Then, as soon as he used his spiritual power to open the cave door, Bai Yunxi saw Qin Gou standing steadily beside Gu Feiyan.
“Little Friend Qin…” Bai Yunxi’s delicate shoulders trembled. Her beautiful eyes widened, and her tone was extremely strange as she said, “It seems Little Friend Qin’s clone technique has truly reached Peak!”
Qin Gou asked with a confused expression, “What are you talking about, Peak Master Bai? I’ve never practiced any clone techniques.”
“Then, the one in my cave is not…?” As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Yunxi, like a gust of wind, turned and rushed into the cave.
Qin Gou and Gu Feiyan quickly followed.
They saw that the dignified Sect Master of the Sword Questioning Sect was tightly nailed to the wall, looking utterly defeated and lifeless, his spirit as dead as could be.
“This, this is!”
“Sect Master Xia!”
Bai Yunxi quickly retracted her Natal Spirit Tool and freed Xia Luyin, asking in a panic, “Sect Master Xia, are you alright?”
“Peak Master Bai, what exactly is going on?” Qin Gou asked, completely confused.
Bai Yunxi glanced at the harmless Qin Gou and became extremely angry and ashamed. “A misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding… Don’t ask, or I’ll kill myself!”
“Cough, cough, cough…” Xia Luyin said weakly, “Peak Master Bai, you finally recognize this Seat?”
“Sect Master, I truly mistook you just now. Why weren’t you wearing the Myriad Derivations Sword this time? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been so confused!” Bai Yunxi said with shame and panic.
“The Myriad Derivations Sword… was probably taken by Ancestor Ye. But even without the Myriad Derivations Sword, you don’t recognize this Seat?” Xia Luyin was furious.
Bai Yunxi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, feeling helpless. “I didn’t want to mistake you, but Sect Master, you don’t understand the current situation of the Sword Questioning Sect. If you had explained to me earlier…”
“Did I have a chance to explain? If I had explained, would I still be alive? The back of my head is almost pierced by you!” Suddenly, Xia Luyin, as if revived, began to shout excitedly, his mouth and eyes red, showing just how much he had been wronged.
Just then, Qin Gou suddenly said, “Let’s not worry about misunderstandings for now. Sect Master Xia losing to Peak Master Bai shows he’s already seriously injured. The priority now is to heal Sect Master Xia!”
Xia Luyin immediately turned his head and stared intently at Qin Gou, his eyes unblinking. He couldn’t help but reveal a deep sense of gratitude.
Finally, a sensible person had arrived.
It seemed that as soon as this person arrived, he easily woke up the疯癫 Bai Yunxi and restored her to her senses.
Looking at it this way, this young man was undoubtedly Xia Luyin’s savior!
