Chapter 19
Lin Queli still slept for two hours, and no one woke him up.
After waking up, he immediately and pathetically packed his bags, preparing to set off with Helan Xue back to the Myriad Sword Sect.
While packing, he saw Jiang Li standing outside the door.
Jiang Li had also been helping these past few days, and Lin Queli felt that he seemed to appear by his side quite often, for example, bringing him food and water. He was probably on a similar mission.
“Are you leaving?” Jiang Li scratched the back of his head. He was tall and honest, and couldn’t hide his expressions. At this moment, he looked at Lin Queli with a sad expression.
These past few days, Lin Queli had been so approachable that he had almost forgotten that he was also a little immortal.
Lin Queli nodded. “Yes, thank you for your care these past few days, Brother Jiang. I’m very happy to have met a friend like you!”
Jiang Li’s expression became even sadder. “Will we have a chance to meet again?”
“If I pass by when I come down the mountain, I’ll come and find you, Auntie Wang, and Uncle Wang to play?” Lin Queli said with a grin, “There’s a chance!”
“Mmm…!”
Jiang Li gave Lin Queli a box of pastries. “My mother made them. They might be a little simple, I don’t know if Young Master will like them, but…”
He scratched his head. He couldn’t get those fancy pastries from rich families. This was already the best he could offer.
Lin Queli took it curiously and secretly opened it. Inside were handmade soft cakes of various shapes and colors, most of which were mung bean cakes.
Oh my god!!
This was the first pastry he had had since transmigrating!
Edible, ancient people’s pastries!
Sob, sob, sob, sob…
His expression couldn’t be faked. Lin Queli hugged the food box and was almost about to cry. He looked like he really liked it. “Brother Jiang!!! I will never forget you!!”
Jiang Li had been a little sad, but seeing Lin Queli so happy, he also felt satisfied. “Good, good…”
Lin Queli thought for a moment. He couldn’t just take someone’s pastries for free. So he searched himself up and down and found a small pendant on his waist.
He thought to himself, at least it’s a jade pendant from the Demon Lord. It should have some value, right?
Lin Queli gave the pendant to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li took it, flattered, and held it preciously in his palm.
“This is too valuable…”
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing! It’s also a repayment for the care you, Auntie Wang, and Uncle Wang have given me these past few days.”
After bidding farewell to each other, Lin Queli got on the carriage with the food box, feeling very happy.
Seeing Helan Xue sitting on the side, Lin Queli’s eyelids twitched as if he remembered something. He hugged the food box preciously and said, “Shizun, I-I-we haven’t returned to the mountain yet, so it doesn’t count!”
Even if I get spanked, I’m going to eat it! At most, I’ll get off the carriage and eat it now!
Helan Xue looked at Lin Queli with a cold face.
He had seen everything of Jiang Li and his disciple’s heartfelt farewell and exchange of keepsakes.
Helan Xue frowned slightly. He likes it that much?
This disciple of his is so simple-minded. Is he so easily swayed by a commoner from the mortal world?
I’m afraid if someone gave him a little more food, this child wouldn’t even want to return to the sect and would just stay here.
Helan Xue said coldly, “The most important thing for a cultivator of the Dao of Cangsheng is to treat everyone equally and have the world in their hearts. You should focus more on cultivation and not be blinded by the mortal world.”
Lin Queli was extremely aggrieved, as if he were about to cry.
How was eating a piece of pastry being blinded by the mortal world!
He retorted, “But this is a kind gesture from someone. It would be a pity to throw it away. Wasting food and trampling on someone’s kindness is not what a gentleman or a cultivator would do!”
If he couldn’t eat the pastries, Lin Queli would really cry. Not even the Heavenly King could stop him from eating pastries!!!
So Lin Queli felt that the air around Helan Xue had become even colder, as if it were going to freeze him.
“…?!”
It’s over. I really can’t eat the pastries?
Helan Xue stared at Lin Queli, fiddling with the cinnabar beads in his hand, silent.
This child has been lacking love since he was young, with no family or friends.
If he lived in the mortal world, he would definitely find a partner who loved him very much, and he would be as lively as he was in the village a few days ago, like a ball of hot, human fireworks.
Helan Xue asked, “This Venerable seems to have never asked you, do you have any plans for the future?”
Lin Queli was a little confused as to why the topic had jumped from pastries to this, but he still answered honestly, “I don’t think so? All this disciple thinks about is passing the grand competition and staying in the Myriad Sword Sect.”
Otherwise, how could I complete the mission and sleep with the Xianzun?
Helan Xue asked again, “If you insist on being a cultivator of the Dao of Cangsheng, do you have any ambitions in your heart?”
Lin Queli noticed that the coldness around Helan Xue seemed to have eased a little.
He scratched his head and shook his head. “No.”
I don’t want to be a cultivator. I’m just here to sleep with Helan Xue!
Ah… sleep with Helan Xue!
Lin Queli urgently remembered his KPI. He went forward and rubbed Helan Xue’s elbow with his own. “If there are any ambitions or wishes, then I want to be with Shizun…”
Seeing Helan Xue’s expression instantly turn cold again, even more terrifying than before, Lin Queli choked and urgently changed his tune, “…to cultivate together!”
How is cultivating together not dual cultivation?
Helan Xue shook his head. “This Venerable cannot be with you forever. You must be independent.”
“I want to be with you forever.” Lin Queli smoothly ran his mouth while pretending to casually hug Helan Xue’s arm. “I want to, I want to.”
“…”
Helan Xue’s arm was a little stiff. He frowned. “What a disgrace. Don’t be so handsy.”
Lin Queli smoothly retreated, thinking to himself, anyway, I’ve got the points.
Lin Queli then realized that after spending 50 points to buy the low-level spell, and then being hugged by Helan Xue in the illusion, plus some bits and pieces, he now had 70 points again!
This was great news. He was close to the 100 points needed to exchange for the high-level spell!
It’s just…
Lin Queli was extremely helpless. For the sake of the grand competition, the 100 points he had worked so hard to earn would be spent on the spell again. At this rate, when would he be able to pay off his debt and buy the aphrodisiac…
The aphrodisiac required him to pay off the 500-point debt before he could buy it, and even after paying off the debt, he had to save up more.
Lin Queli was about to faint.
When would this end! So the beginning was so important. He could have just drugged him and speed-run it, but a single rewind had made him so pathetic now, sob, sob…
How pathetic?
—For example, now he was even trembling when eating a pastry.
Lin Queli turned his back, carefully opened the food box, and put a small piece in his mouth.
It was sweet but not cloying, melting in his mouth, just as delicious as he had imagined.
He quickly chewed, trying not to make any noise to annoy Helan Xue.
He didn’t mind being punished by Helan Xue. Anyway, Helan Xue wouldn’t coat the ruler with a layer of ice every time he punished him. Being punished and disliked could earn him points, but he was afraid that Helan Xue would take away his pastries!
Helan Xue watched the cheeks-puffed, uneasily-eating Lin Queli for a while. He was about to speak when he saw Lin Queli choke.
Lin Queli covered his mouth and curled up to the side, his shoulders shaking.
He looked as if he had been terribly bullied, without a single bite to eat.
Helan Xue rubbed his temples. “No one is fighting you for it.”
“…!” Lin Queli turned his head and blinked at Helan Xue.
Helan Xue shook his head. “After returning to the sect, if you can persist in swinging the sword 500 times a day, you can eat your meat.”
“…!!”
After swallowing the pastry with a few gulps of water, Lin Queli wiped the crumbs from the corner of his mouth and pounced again. “Really?!”
But five hundred times at once…
Lin Queli pleaded, “Can we split it into two times? 200 times in the morning and 200 times in the evening, okay? That’s almost the same, but it can let this disciple rest a little. Otherwise, with 500 times at once, this disciple is afraid he won’t even be able to eat the roasted chicken…”
Just kidding, I can still eat it.
But half my life will be gone!
Helan Xue raised an eyebrow.
“Who taught you math?”
Lin Queli gave a dry laugh. He had been found out for reducing it by 100.
Helan Xue closed his eyes. “Granted.”
“Yay!!” Lin Queli was really happy now.
“Then since this disciple can eat… does Shizun want a piece too?”
Lin Queli picked up a piece of pastry and held it to Helan Xue’s mouth.
Helan Xue looked down at the slender, fair fingers and frowned, shaking his head.
Lin Queli still wanted to share. “Have a piece, it’s delicious.”
Since the Myriad Sword Sect doesn’t have a strict rule against eating, and this pastry is light and not from killing, it shouldn’t be a problem for Helan Xue to have a bite, right?
A Shizun who doesn’t let him eat pastries is bad.
A Shizun who lets him eat pastries and roasted chicken is good.
So this pastry is so delicious, wouldn’t it be a pity if Helan Xue didn’t eat it?
“A cultivator should not indulge in the pleasures of the palate.”
“Since you don’t indulge, then it’s okay to eat it?”
Helan Xue closed his eyes and ignored Lin Queli.
Lin Queli was already used to it. He knew that Helan Xue had shut down, so he sat back and ate by himself, his eyes squinted in enjoyment.
The carriage bumped along all the way back to the foot of the Myriad Sword Mountain.
Lin Queli looked up at the snowy mountain.
At the top of the mountain, thousands of swords floated in the air, emitting a faint white light, solemn and magnificent.
Before, he had either been chased or worried that Helan Xue would abandon him, so he hadn’t looked carefully. Now, he truly engraved this spectacular sight into his mind.
He remembered that the book said that both the snow and the flying swords were just a thought of spiritual energy condensed by Taxue Xianzun during his cultivation, which showed his cultivation level, to be able to bury the entire sect in a snowy mountain.
It was rumored that if there were demons causing trouble in the mortal world, the flying swords in the sky would fall, piercing through the clouds and stabbing into the demons’ hearts.
In fact, the flying swords were not needed. After coming down the mountain with Helan Xue this time, he had deeply understood everyone’s and Helan Xue’s attitude towards the Demon Clan.
Helan Xue would definitely not be merciful to the Demon Clan.
Lin Queli pursed his lips and walked up the snow-covered steps with Helan Xue.
Anyway, after completing the mission, I’ll run as far away as I can.
…
After returning to his room, Lin Queli couldn’t wait to wash up and snuggle into his quilt.
Phew… I can finally rest well!
Starting tomorrow, I have to swing the sword and practice…
Lin Queli turned over and opened his spirit pouch, wanting to take out the food he had gotten from the village to have a snack before bed. He suddenly touched an extra brocade pouch.
Huh?
He saw that the brocade pouch was emitting a red light, and there seemed to be a strangely patterned sealing formation on it.
Lin Queli touched it through the brocade pouch. The more he touched it, the more his heart pounded, and goosebumps broke out all over his body.
Why… did this shape look so much like a Demon Sword fragment?
