Chu Danfeng was in so much pain that he couldn't utter a word. He only felt a blurry red in front of his eyes. It turned out to be the black hair on his forehead, which had turned into wine red without him knowing when.
This is the prelude to the demon pill's rampage.
He felt palpitations and his demon pill was running wild. He was afraid that he would be transformed into a small Bifang bird the size of a palm, just like last time.
Chu Danfeng was thinking vaguely: If I really turned into a bird in front of everyone, I would be the focus of everyone's attention, and the head master would probably be so angry that he would die - he had repeatedly warned me not to reveal a single word about the demon pill.
Lin Cangfeng really said anxiously: "Help him down quickly!"
But the one who moved the fastest was Li Jing. He was closest to Chu Danfeng and helped him up. A warm and slow spiritual flow flowed from the joint of their arms into Chu Danfeng's body, and the severe pain in his chest suddenly eased a lot.
In fact, the support only lasted for a moment - Hua Tingxuan quickly broke free from the restraints that "escorted" him, pushed Li Jing away, and hugged Chu Danfeng.
Li Jing was not angry when he was pushed away. He looked at Hua Tingxuan with an indulgent look as if he were a junior, and then he kept his achievements and fame to himself.
Chu Danfeng looked at Li Jing in surprise. Hua Tingxuan didn't understand what he meant, and stared at him warily, asking in a low voice: "How is it?"
Chu Danfeng shook his head. Before he could say anything, Lin Cangfeng urged him, "Why don't you help him down to rest?"
"…Hua Tingxuan, you can't leave!"
Unexpectedly, Chu Danfeng, with a pale face, still held Hua Tingxuan tightly and insisted, "Master, Xuan'er must be wronged. Please think twice! If Master insists on letting him enter the Siguo Cave, then Danfeng is also willing to go with him."
“Junior Brother…” Hua Tingxuan felt a warm feeling in his heart.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't moved.
"Clap, clap, clap!" Li Jing clapped and laughed, "What a deep brotherly love."
Chu Danfeng ignored him and still held Hua Tingxuan's arm. Because of the severe pain just now, even his lips lost color, but he still stubbornly pleaded for his fellow apprentice: "Master-Uncle—"
Lin Cangfeng interrupted him with a cold face: "In this case, I will grant your wish and take them all away!"
Hua Tingxuan wanted to struggle, but Chu Danfeng held him down and shook his head gently.
As expected, the two were not taken to the Repentance Cave, but were temporarily locked up in an ear room in the back hall. Several disciples from the Discipline Hall were guarding the door. The room was narrow, but it had everything, and even a soft bamboo bed, which was very suitable for recuperation.
Soon, the 12th uncle who was in charge of "guarding" them, Xiao Cangwu, the healing expert, took Chu Danfeng's pulse. How could he be detained? It was clearly "medical parole".
The palpitations came and went quickly. Xiao Cangwu investigated for a while and asked Chu Danfeng if he was poisoned on the way to the Demon Clan border and if he had touched any exotic flowers and plants. Chu Danfeng answered truthfully that he had not. Xiao Cangwu pondered for a while, as if he was stumped. In the end, he just said that the disease still needed to be considered, but fortunately it was fine now. Then he hurried away with the medicine box, probably to report to Lin Cangfeng.
Although the pain was gone, Chu Danfeng was still a little weak. Hua Tingxuan helped him lean against the soft pillow and wiped the sweat off his face carefully.
The ear chamber is not far from the main hall, and one can clearly hear the arguments among the leaders of various factions inside. Meng Cangyu seems to have acknowledged Hua Tingxuan's demon bloodline and is arguing with Li Jing.
Hua Tingxuan completely ignored all this, and was indifferent to his own "future". He only asked Chu Danfeng worriedly if he was still in pain.
Chu Danfeng smiled and said, "Master Twelve said everything is fine now, don't worry."
"The head master didn't want me to expose the matter of the demon pill in front of others, so he refused to delay. Now you don't have to go to the water prison. How about that?" Chu Danfeng blinked, "With my senior brother here, I will definitely protect you!"
"Don't be afraid. If an enemy comes, we will fight back. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. Shuangji Sect is a reasonable and upright sect. When the truth comes out, I don't think the head master will really do anything to you. By then, we will go back to the bamboo house together. The peach blossoms on Lixu Peak should be blooming."
Hua Tingxuan really wanted to say that there was no "truth revealed". Whether it was his identity as a demon, the injustice of Di Erqian, or even the secret of Wanjian Peak, he knew it but did not report it. He was no different from Lin Cangfeng and his ilk... He had never suffered any injustice, but he also disdained to "be brought to justice" because he had never taken these things to heart.
If the junior brother was willing to give up Shuangji Sect, his fellow disciples and old friends here, he actually wanted to take him away. He was not interested in commanding the three realms or the grudges among the sects.
All I want in my life is you.
"Junior Brother, your health is more important. You don't have to go to such lengths for me. In fact, the water dungeon is fine. Xuan'er is strong and can get through it. But if..."
If the day comes when the truth never comes out, are you willing to run away with me
However, before he could finish his words, Chu Danfeng interrupted him with a fierce look on his face: "Nonsense!"
"A water dungeon is not a place for human beings to stay. You will be skinned alive even if you don't die, even if you are strong and healthy!" Chu Danfeng said, and couldn't help but show his 'old father' mentality, "You grew up beside me since you were a child, when have you ever suffered that kind of injustice? Even if you can endure it, I can't bear it!"
The words "can't bear to part with" were said with a clear conscience. Hua Tingxuan felt sweet but also a little bitter when he heard them. In fact, it was like this in both lives. Chu Danfeng had never been unfair to him. In the previous life, he had taken great care of him and brought him up. But he had such thoughts about her and even unilaterally hated her out of jealousy. He had done some things that were worse than pigs and dogs...
"Xuan'er?" Chu Danfeng smiled and waved his hand in front of him, "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing," Hua Tingxuan said, "By the way, Junior Brother, do you know why the head master doesn't want you to reveal the matter of the demon pill in front of others?"
Chu Danfeng: "It's probably not very glorious. I heard that taking Yuandan by force is a path of evil cultivation."
Although the Bifang bird was willing at the beginning and it was a win-win result in the end, it still violated the code of conduct of the "honorable and upright sect". Those people outside came in a threatening manner, and it was obvious that they had no good intentions. At this time, the Shuangji Sect already had a "demon disciple". If another disciple with a demonic cultivation path was added, the head master would be even more unable to explain it.
Hua Tingxuan: "This kind of 'evil way' is not easy to master. If ordinary cultivators blindly imitate and forcibly fuse other people's Yuandan, they will inevitably suffer backlash. The cultivation method of the demon cultivators is completely different from ours. Junior Brother was able to succeed because of the Yaolang Fujin Grass."
"Yao Lang Fu Jin Grass?"
When Chu Danfeng's golden elixir was shattered, it was because of this natural treasure that he took it continuously for a long time, and it even entered his dreams. Speaking of that dream, he still felt a little ashamed. He didn't expect that those explicit plots in the dream have now come true one by one, and "even beyond the dream", with many different forms.
Chu Danfeng coughed lightly and pulled back his thoughts, "I didn't expect it to be its effect, no wonder, no wonder."
Hua Tingxuan's expression gradually became serious: "Young Senior Brother, you have frequent palpitations now. This seems like the backlash of the demon pill, but you have obviously already taken the Yaolang Fujin Grass..."
"Oh, there's something strange that I forgot to mention just now." Chu Danfeng said, "I was having severe palpitations, but when Island Master Li helped me up, I don't know what he did, and now I feel better."
I was just so busy worrying about my fellow apprentice brother's "water prison disaster" that I forgot to tell him such an important matter. When I see my twelfth uncle again, I must tell him. Maybe I can find a way to cure the disease.
"..." Hua Tingxuan frowned upon hearing that, his eyes slightly narrowed, as gloomy as a cold pond on a winter night.
It was Li Jing. How could that old man be so kind? What was he planning
"Young Senior Brother," Hua Tingxuan suddenly said, "Is Uncle Twelve asking if we have ever been poisoned in the Demon Realm—"
But before he could finish his words, the small door of the ear chamber was pushed open, and Zhou Yuanshan led Li Jing in with a sullen face.
"Following the orders of the Sect Master, Hua Tingxuan will cooperate with Island Master Li in questioning."
Zhou Yuanshan said unceremoniously, "Master Li, please come in."
Being treated like this by a junior, Li Jing remained calm and even in a good mood. He nodded to Chu Danfeng calmly and said, "You've recovered well."
Hua Tingxuan used his body to block Chu Danfeng cautiously and said coldly: "If you have something to say, just say it."
"Okay." Li Jing casually set up a barrier. It was not a simple soundproof barrier, but one that isolated Zhou Yuanshan and Chu Danfeng outside, forming a small enclosed space.
Hua Tingxuan was not afraid, but curled his lips and showed a threatening sneer: "What advice do you have, Island Master Li?"
Li Jing also looked at him calmly: "'Island Master Li', this title is even more unfamiliar. Outside Taiyou Territory, you still called me 'Senior'."
"At that time, when you told me about how miserable your childhood was, I was really moved and felt guilty because I wasn't sure if you... were a person who was reborn."
"Xuan'er, after two lifetimes, you still won't call me 'Dad'?"
"… "
Hua Tingxuan's face showed no emotion. He was silent for a moment and only said eight words: "So it's you, not him."
Li Jing laughed loudly: "Do you suspect that the other reborn person is Ji Xiao? Indeed, the Feiyan Bottle came from the Demon Realm and is a favorite of ghost cultivators. They spread it everywhere. You should have known it a long time ago. Your uncle is so high-profile... However, that idiot Ji Xiao almost ruined my plan."
"He almost killed Chu Danfeng. Thanks to me for saving his life today. Don't you want to thank me, father?"
Hua Tingxuan looked at him coldly.
Li Jing shook his head: "Forget it, you don't want to talk to me. You have hated me since the last life when I asked Huang Sanmao to ask you for that thing. It's also the fault of that weasel spirit that he didn't use enough strength to break your leg. You have to believe me, your father, this was not my intention."
Huang Sanmao is a great demon with "wide friends". It is said that he knows all kinds of people in the Three Realms, and he even has some friendship with Lin Cangfeng from a famous and upright family. When Chu Danfeng and Hua Tingxuan went to the Demon Market, it was Lin Cangfeng who asked this Mr. Huang Sanmao to find a demon pill for the Yin Shen period for Chu Danfeng.
But later, by mistake, Chu Danfeng swallowed the better magic pill of the divine bird Bifang.
"You have good taste. Chu Danfeng looks so pitiful even when he is sick. He is as sick as Xi Shi, but he has a strong body. You don't have to glare at me. This is a sincere compliment," Li Jing said. "What's rare is that he is so sincere to you. That kind of unreserved love reminds me of your mother. She is such a good woman. It's a pity that I have to let her down..."
Before he finished speaking, a sword light wrapped in a thick black demonic aura flashed, and Li Jing narrowly avoided it. He laughed softly, "Be gentle! You definitely don't want your beauty Chu to hear what your father is going to say next. What if you destroy this barrier?"
Hua Tingxuan then took Xuanshui and said, "Speak."
Li Jing: "Your junior brother is so good to you. If he knew the truth, that you were also reborn..."
"'Also' reborn?" Hua Tingxuan interrupted him.
Li Jing smiled and said, "It's not difficult to know his background. There are monsters in this world that can spy on the deepest secrets in people's hearts. You have seen them in the monster world and have dealt with them before."
"!!" Hua Tingxuan blurted out, "Jiang Qingdie?"
Back then in the Monster Market, Chu Danfeng was still in the body of a bird. He was tricked by those monster butterflies and fell into the Butterfly Valley.
Li Jing: "Yes, the Crimson Blue Butterfly King almost died in your hands, but you would never have thought that, by such a coincidence, she was saved by Huang Sanmao."
"Xuan'er, your request is the same as in the last life. As long as you hand over that thing, I promise you that I will keep this secret to myself and we will not interfere with each other from now on." Li Jing persuaded, "Chu Danfeng will never know how you forced him to death and humiliated him in the last life, and how you pretended to be ignorant and deceived him now."
"Otherwise, I have a way to make him know the whole story clearly."