Hua Tingxuan felt like he was struck by lightning when he heard this.
But this was a test of Chu Danfeng's inner demons. His five senses were blinded and he could neither see nor hear him.
"You can cross out as many people as you want. This is a world built specifically for you. Why don't you want to see Liu Yanbai?" The voice was strangely friendly. Chu Danfeng became more relaxed and even pursed his lips: "I hate Liu Yanbai. He will win the first place in the 'Sword Drawing Competition'. I don't want to see him so proud again."
"That should be crossed out," the voice asked maliciously, "but are you sure you don't want Hua Tingxuan? Once it's erased, you will never be able to see him again in your life."
"For a lifetime?" Chu Danfeng murmured, playing with the folding fan in his hand out of habit.
It was an ink-and-silver-paper fan with a tree of bright peach blossoms painted on it, an indescribable elegance and freedom. If no one was told, no one would believe that it was made by a little kid.
Little Dumpling always followed him closely, liked to hold onto the corner of his clothes, and called him "senior brother" in a baby voice. In this life, the child even learned to take care of people without any instruction... At least when he was young, he was an extremely filial child.
only…
Chu Danfeng sighed: "Sure."
A devilish pattern suddenly appeared between Hua Tingxuan's eyebrows, but his eyes quickly dimmed, and he looked completely hopeless.
The voice laughed loudly, but it appeared alone in Hua Tingxuan's mind: "You heard it, why force it. Why not give him to me - um!"
Chu Danfeng hadn't heard the voice continue to talk to him for a long time. He was really impatient to wait, so he just squatted there and drew circles in a very ungraceful manner.
"You..." When the voice spoke again, the timbre was the same, but the tone had changed. 'It' said dryly: "Since you hate Hua Tingxuan so much, why... in this life, are you still so nice to him?"
"Well," Chu Danfeng sat back, tapped the folding fan on his palm, and gently stroked the bamboo fan bones twice before saying, "I can't say I hate him, I'm just disappointed. I treated him like my own son, but I didn't expect that the little brat would turn around and treat me like that after growing up. It would be a lie to say I'm not sad."
"Alas, the things in my previous life were also a mess, and many of the inside stories are not suitable for outsiders to know... But if possible, I never want to see him again. But things don't always go as planned, and I still raise this child. He has never done anything wrong in his life, and I won't blame a baby.
Besides, Xuan'er seems to be sensible. You don't know that my golden core is broken and I am like a useless person. No one in the whole Shuangji Sect looks up to me. I have been excluded countless times, and my life is very miserable... Apart from the second senior sister, only that child protects me everywhere. Although he is young, he is very smart. In addition, in order for me to recover my cultivation, I have to draw blood from my fingertips every seven days. The fingers are connected to the heart, and the child's skin and flesh are tender. It hurts me just to see it. Just for his filial piety, I will not impose the grudges of the previous life on him."
"Yes! What happened in the previous life has nothing to do with him?" The voice said excitedly, "Then, if I only treat you well in this life and never let you down, are you willing, are you willing... to only be with me, uh, him in this life—"
Before he finished speaking, Chu Danfeng interrupted him, "I don't want to."
“Why?!”
"People's hearts are hard to predict. No matter how well-behaved and sensible a child is, he will be an ungrateful person when he grows up," Chu Danfeng said with vicissitudes of life. "One cannot step into the same river twice. I have decided that if this place is as good as you said, I will stay. I am willing to-"
"shut up!"
Chu Danfeng was startled. The voice said anxiously, "Don't say 'yes' easily. Once you say it, you will stay here forever and can never leave! Your soul is trapped and your body will decay soon. Even if you get temporary happiness, what's the difference between that and death?"
However, to Hua Tingxuan's surprise, Chu Danfeng said calmly: "I know, it's not a big deal, I'm willing to-"
This time, it was not the words of 'that voice' that interrupted him, but an earth-shaking movement.
The boundless void broke into pieces, and the cross-sections refracted magnificent and colorful light, like a bizarre and beautiful dream. Chu Danfeng thought about this, but his consciousness gradually became clearer, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Did he just... agree to "that voice" and stay in that void? He didn't want to! No matter how happy he was, it was fake! But why did he want to stay so willingly just now? He even analyzed it so logically
He didn't know that this thing was tempting some idea deep in his heart, then amplifying it infinitely, and letting him convince himself. This is the power of the inner demon realm.
At the same time, the old voice changed its tone and screamed at Hua Tingxuan: "Are you crazy? Destroy your inner palace? Even if you destroy me, you will suffer the same backlash. Do you want to die with me?"
But the sound became weaker and weaker, and soon disappeared completely. When Hua Tingxuan opened his eyes again, he had returned to the bottom of the valley. At one end of the valley was a black hole that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.
His face was as pale as paper, but he stood straight, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and held the momentum of a "great power in the world". He sneered: "How can I die with a low-ranking evil spirit like you?"
Soon after, Chu Danfeng also woke up slowly. He rubbed his aching temple and groaned uncomfortably. The upright figure of Hua Tingxuan, the "great power in the world", softened and he threw himself into the arms of his senior brother. His little voice was weak and aggrieved: "Little senior brother, Xuan'er is scared!"
"!!!" Chu Danfeng, "Why are you here?"
Hua Tingxuan made up a lie that he came to look for his senior brother, but accidentally fell into a black hole. The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing bright stars that illuminated the small area at the bottom of the valley. Chu Danfeng no longer had the heart to interrogate the kid. He was so scared that he broke out in a sweat: "Is this the 'Valley of a Hundred Ghosts'?!"
Today is the new moon, but even though the clouds have cleared and the stars are visible, the secret at the bottom of the valley is still revealed - there are snakes everywhere!
No wonder when he just fell in, he heard all the hissing sounds. Chu Danfeng had a psychological trauma about these things. In the previous life, his junior sister sneaked here to worship the "Ghost Yue Lao", which caused him to be chased by a giant snake first, and then punished by the master. He was beaten so hard that his butt was bruised and he didn't get out of bed for half a month.
"Yes, the Hundred Ghosts Valley is connected to the Ten Thousand Swords Peak. Could it be... the forbidden area of the Ten Thousand Swords Peak?" Chu Danfeng drew out his disciple sword and said with lingering fear.
The speaker had no intention, but Hua Tingxuan, who was held in his arms, felt his heart ache again: Senior Brother was a reborn person, so he recognized the Hundred Ghosts Valley at a glance.
No wonder his senior brother cooperated with him so naturally in the dream created by Yaolang Fujin Grass. It turned out that he also carried the memories of his previous life.
In his previous life, Senior Brother had also fallen into this valley and was frightened by those long beasts. At least this time, he would never let Junior Brother suffer any injustice.
Chu Danfeng held the disciple sword in his hand, confronting those hissing snakes with a fear of danger, but he was wailing in his heart: Fuck you! He was no match for these beasts, and this time no one would come to rescue him like a god—the junior brother who saved him in the previous life was now just a little kid who could only pull at his clothes and tremble!
However, the snakes just looked at him warily and did not attack, and the little ball that was pinching his collar quietly moved away and kicked a big rock hard.
The big rock was actually kicked back to life.
A creaking sound of stones rubbing against each other was heard. Chu Danfeng was so frightened that he protected Hua Tingxuan and pointed his sword at the strange stone, only to see that the strange stone "stood up" like a human. It was a monster with a human face, a jackal body, and wings on its back.
Chu Danfeng murmured: "Is this... a transformed snake?"
An ancient book said, "It transforms into a snake with a human face and a jackal body, with bird wings and snake-like movements." Although I have never seen how it walks, looking at the densely packed giant snakes at the bottom of the valley, Chu Danfeng feels that this is probably correct.
But the 'transformed snake' quickly carved out a robe with broken stones on its body. As the saying goes, 'clothes make the man', and mythical beasts are no exception. This thing has long fluttering sleeves and a cloth bag on its back, just like...
"Ghost Yue Lao?" Chu Danfeng blurted out.
"It's Xiaoke." Gui Yue Lao said weakly.
Its voice is old and hoarse. If you listen carefully, it complements the hissing of snakes around it, and is exactly the same as the mysterious voice in the "test".
But for some reason, it suddenly became polite, as if it was still very weak.
Chu Danfeng had just seen how powerful it was, and thought that this thing was the master of this place, and that it had a strange temperament. He said respectfully and cautiously, "Thank you, senior, for your guidance at the critical moment and for letting me go. If there is nothing else, my junior brother and I will not disturb you."
"Okay, okay, walk slowly... Wait!" Gui Yue Lao changed his tone under Hua Tingxuan's strong pressure that was only aimed at him, and said weakly: "Young man, you have passed my test of the inner demon realm, and this treasure is now yours."
Chu Danfeng: "But I was able to get out, wasn't it all thanks to the senior's mercy?"
Ghost Yue Lao gritted his teeth and said in a tearful voice: "No, no, it's your chance. The word chance is very mysterious. Please accept it, young hero!"
Chu Danfeng: "???" How can you beg someone to give you a treasure? As the saying goes, cheap goods are not good, don't tell me it's a trap.
He said warily, "No, thank you."
Ghost Yue Lao: “…”
Hua Tingxuan: “…”
Ghost Yue Lao had been severely injured in the Heart Demon Realm, and was afraid that the powerful person who looked like a baby would really kill him on the spot. He said seriously: "This is the rule. If you break through the Heart Demon Realm, you can get the treasure. Young man, don't underestimate this Heart Demon test. In thousands of years, you are the only one who succeeded... This treasure is called 'Zhuan Po Ling', which is a unique weapon spirit in the world."
"The reason why the spiritual swords of Wanjian Mountain are so popular among cultivators is because they have spirits. However, how can their spirits be compared with the 'Zhuan Po Ling'? You only need to integrate it into your disciple sword, and then this disciple sword will be the best sword in the world! With it, you can walk sideways in the entire cultivation world. Who in the sect dares to look down on you?"
After saying that, Gui Yue old general Zhuan Po Ling attached himself to a piece of wild grass and threw it casually. The grass leaf easily cut off the seven inches of a big snake. The black blood was like pulp, splashing half of Chu Danfeng's robe sleeve.
“…!!!”
Chu Danfeng looked at the blade of grass with mixed feelings, his mind racing: This Ghost Yue Lao's cultivation was so much higher than his own, why did he go to such great lengths to harm him? Could it be that he was really lucky enough to have picked up an opportunity? Or... He glanced at the little dumpling beside him.
Or is it that she is borrowing the male lead's halo again
Wasn’t it because of Hua Tingxuan that he picked up half a mustard bag of thousand-year-old soapwort
Tsk, there’s meat to eat if you follow the male lead.
Chu Danfeng made up his mind, and thanked Ghost Yue Lao cheerfully, then stretched out his hands respectfully, ready to receive the treasure.
Ghost Yue Lao felt as if he had lost his parents. He sent the Soul-Changing Spirit away with great pain, and said, "After it recognizes its master, just put it into your disciple's sword..."
"Anything else will do, too?" Chu Danfeng suddenly interrupted him.
"ah?"
Chu Danfeng said seriously: "The sword is too bloody and violent. I just want a peaceful life. Can I attach the soul spirit to the fan?"
When Hua Tingxuan heard him say "I just want a peaceful life", he felt extremely sad and had only one thought: his senior brother was so sad because of the hurt he caused in his previous life that his temperament changed drastically.
But when he saw Chu Danfeng actually took out the silver paper fan, he felt even more guilty, as well as passionate and uncontrollable excitement. His senior brother... was actually going to use the fan he painted as his life-saving magic weapon!
Hua Tingxuan felt mixed emotions. His spirit, which had just been severely injured by the self-explosion, was so shaken that he almost vomited blood on the spot.
Chu Danfeng was also very excited at this moment: Fan! Fighting with a fan is super cool! When I was a kid watching TV series, those heroes in white clothes who charmed thousands of girls all fought with fans! Who uses a sword? How low!