After Deceiving Shizun into Dual Cultivating, I Ran Away With His Bun 45

Chapter 45

“Drip.”
A drop of water fell from an icicle onto the stone platform.
Helan Xue took a deep breath.
Something was out of control. It seemed to have been this way since he met Lin Queli.
Because of this little disciple’s transgressions and unbelievable actions, he had gradually been unable to suppress his inner demon, to the point where he had revealed that thousand-year-old secret that should not have been perceived by others three times in front of his little disciple.
Helan Xue closed his eyes. Their relationship… should not have gone so out of control.
Perhaps it was a good thing that his little disciple had left.
Rumble—!
Helan Xue’s eyes sharpened. He stood up and struck out with a palm full of spiritual energy. In an instant, the entire cave shook.
If this cave hadn’t been built for cultivation, it probably would have collapsed. But even so, a flurry of snowflakes and dust rose around them.
When the smoke and dust cleared, Helan Xue saw another himself.
The red-eyed “Helan Xue” looked at him, his gaze gloomy. “Why are you deceiving yourself?”
His voice was distant and ethereal, as if it were in the distance, yet also in his mind.
“Admit it. When you learned that he was the Demon Lord, and not your real disciple, besides being angry, you also felt a bit of unspeakable… relief, didn’t you?”
Helan Xue’s brows furrowed slightly.
He summoned his sword and held it in his hand, concentrating, admonishing himself not to be bewitched.
“Even now, you still have a bit of hope, thinking that he will come back, that he didn’t lie to you. Ha… the great leader of the Righteous Path, Taxue Xianzun, is actually so degenerate and naive. You keep saying you want to let go, but you can’t let go at all.”
Helan Xue was not a naive cultivator. He knew that swinging his sword could not kill the phantom before him. He could only rely on himself to calm his mind.
But…
“Helan Xue” came closer and closer to the stone platform. He held his sword, his expression somewhat crazed. “Don’t you know yourself that he deceived you? He kept saying he liked you, but he never cared. He used you as a tool for dual cultivation. He’s just a demon lurking in the Righteous Path, lying dormant by your side.”
“A cultivator’s dual cultivation is usually not just once, but he only dual cultivated with you once. He would rather use that barely effective Sky Frost Flower than dual cultivate with you again.”
“It’s all fake. He probably… hates you.”
Seeing “Helan Xue” raise his sword and was about to swing it at him, Helan Xue took a deep breath and cut his own wrist with his sword.
With a “hiss!” sound, blood flowed from his wrist, making the originally dark red cinnabar prayer beads even redder.
Using the pain, Helan Xue stabilized his mind and cut off his inner demon with his spiritual energy.
The phantom disappeared, and heavy snow flew in the cave, accumulating a thin layer of snow on the ground.
The blood from Helan Xue’s wrist dripped onto the snow, burning through it.
Helan Xue watched for a while, until the blood on his hand had burned a small, scorched black hole in the snow, and the wound had also healed itself due to his abundant spiritual energy. Only then did he flick his sleeve and sit down on the stone platform again.
This… perhaps this was his test.

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Three months flew by, and a single leaf announced the depth of autumn.
Three months later, at the end of autumn, Lin Queli opened his eyes in the cave.
He was not unfamiliar with the cave. He had spent most of his time in Helan Xue’s Ice Cave Abode in the Myriad Sword Sect before. Now, looking at the dark surroundings and the mottled mountain walls, he quickly came back to his senses.
Lin Queli propped himself up and sat up. As his consciousness slowly returned, he first felt a familiar sense of discomfort. It was the same heat, weakness, and pain he had felt before dual cultivating with Helan Xue.
He quickly took the Sky Frost Flower.
The Sky Frost Flower was crystal clear, and its translucent petals glowed faintly. After Lin Queli circulated his cultivation to absorb the flower’s spiritual energy, he felt a little better.
…But not completely better. He just felt like he could hold on for a while longer.
Sure enough, no matter how good the Sky Frost Flower was, it was still a substitute for Helan Xue’s Yuan Soul. But it didn’t matter. Anyway, he was asleep most of the time. As long as he could hold on until the Long Aotian was born, it would be fine.
Long Aotian…
Lin Queli touched his belly in a daze.
Should he say, as expected of a cultivation world?
Or as expected of a Long Aotian? Or was it the System’s effect? He could actually feel the life in his belly during his deep sleep.
Heartbeat, breath, Yuan Soul…
He could clearly feel a snowball in his body. When he was in a deep sleep, a glowing, snowball-like ball would come to find him in his dreams, mischievously running around in his sea of consciousness.
Lin Queli vaguely remembered that he had scolded the snowball in his dream not to disturb his sleep, and the snowball had sadly rolled away.
…That’s right. He could actually feel the snowball’s emotions.
Lin Queli touched his slightly bulging belly.
Now there was a snowball in it that belonged exclusively to him.
Lin Queli rested for a while, and after coming back to his senses, he called for A’Yu.
A’Yu said with his head bowed, “No, we didn’t find it.”
The Sky Frost Flower was not easy to find to begin with, and they had to avoid being discovered by Elder Jin or Helan Xue while searching, which made it even more difficult.
Lin Queli looked at A’Yu’s guilty expression and quickly went forward to pat his shoulder. “It’s okay! Don’t be afraid. There’s always a way out!”
A’Yu’s eyes were fierce. “Otherwise, we can still find a way to kill Helan Xue.”
Lin Queli: “?”
The corner of Lin Queli’s mouth twitched. “I can’t kill him.”
“Aiya, it’s okay, it’s okay. I’ll think of another way. Anyway, there are still three months.” Lin Queli changed the subject. “Speaking of Helan Xue, has anything happened in these three months while I was sleeping… in seclusion?”
“Yes.” A’Yu’s gaze became even more fierce. “Some fool has been impersonating you.”
“Hmm…?”
There were a total of ten Demon Sword fragments. Four were with Helan Xue, two were with Lin Queli, and the remaining four had not yet been found.
But A’Yu said that in just three months, the fragment that was originally unknown had been found by a demon named “Lin Luo.” He was a young man who looked very much like Lin Queli and said that he was the real Lin Luo. He now followed Elder Jin and was looking for fragments for him.
Lin Queli’s eyes widened.
A’Yu gritted his teeth. “What an arrogant person, to dare to impersonate Your Highness!”
Lin Queli didn’t dare to speak.
Is there a possibility that your Highness is the one who is impersonating?
Lin Queli only felt his hair stand on end.
Was this the real Lin Luo?
But if it was the real Lin Luo, that is, the original owner, then he should be from the Changming Clan, right? Why would he go and help Elder Jin find fragments?
More importantly than this…
Lin Queli asked carefully, “Then does the Righteous Path… that is, Helan Xue and the others, know about this?”
A’Yu nodded. “The Myriad Sword Sect is now hunting down ‘Lin Luo.’ After all, ‘Lin Luo’ has killed many people and set fires everywhere in just three months to get the fragments. And he seems to be quite skilled. The Myriad Sword Sect has not been able to capture him yet.”
A’Yu thought for a moment. “Forget it. Let them fight it out, and we can reap the benefits! The Myriad Sword Sect is in a mess now. They have to clean up the traitors of the Righteous Path and hunt down the fragments and ‘Lin Luo.’ And ‘Lin Luo’ and Elder Jin can also help us get the fragments. At that time, Your Highness only needs to wave your hand and snatch all the fragments, and your power will reach its peak, even becoming the lord of the three realms. Then killing Helan Xue will not be a problem!”
Lin Queli: “…You’ve planned it out quite well.”
A’Yu cupped his fists. “It is my honor to relieve Your Highness’s worries!”
Lin Queli waved his hand. “Thank you. You can go down now. I’m going to continue my seclusion…”
After A’Yu left, Lin Queli collapsed in despair.
Sob, sob, sob.
That’s great… I was originally going to run away just because I had deceived Helan Xue, and there was a chance of being killed if I was caught.
Now I’m 100% going to be killed!!
Hahaha…
Lin Queli closed his eyes peacefully, feeling that his days were getting more and more numbered.
Before going to sleep, Lin Queli first confirmed with the System if the barrier was still there and if Helan Xue would find him. Then he set an “alarm clock” for himself.
“System, the Sky Frost Flower might not be found. We might have to use our cheats to do it ourselves. I think you shouldn’t call me after three months next time. Make it five days earlier.”
【Yay!】
“And what’s the deal with that Lin Luo?”
【Wait a moment, Host. I’m also checking… it’s too strange. Ah, damn it, another ad!】
A moment later.
【Oh my god… Host, Lin Luo has bound himself to a destruction system!】
Huh?
【Host, this small world is facing the crisis of collapsing because the Long Aotian cannot be born, so ‘I,’ this repair system, was born. But everything has a yin and a yang, a positive and a negative. If the time, place, and people are right, for example, finding a host, using too much power when repairing the plot, etc… a destruction system that is opposite to me will be produced. This system… as the name suggests, wants to destroy this world.】
Huh???
Lin Queli tried to understand. “Time, place, and people?”
【Mmm! For example, the Host found a dying Lin Luo, that is, the one who was affected by the thunder formation before, and whose identity we took, and who is nominally ‘dead.’ And he himself has a very heavy resentment and desire for destruction. As for me saying that too much power was used when repairing the plot, maybe it was the heavenly punishment when you and the Immortal Venerable were doing it…】
Lin Queli swallowed hard.
Why does Lin Luo have such heavy resentment?
Could it be because they took away his opportunity and identity?
But that doesn’t make sense. If so, now that his identity has been exposed, can’t Lin Luo return to the Myriad Sword Sect and become a disciple of the Myriad Sword Sect again?
Lin Queli was puzzled, but didn’t this mean…
“Then Helan Xue was originally trying to stop Elder Jin from activating the Demon Sword, but now he’s confronting Lin Luo, who has a system and cheats?”
【That’s right… I guess Lin Luo used the system’s help to get the Demon Sword fragments and is preparing to activate the Demon Sword to start an immortal-demon war and destroy the three realms.】
Lin Queli scratched his head. “But it takes ten fragments to activate it. Lin Luo only has four now. He’s still far from it.”
【No, Host. Ten fragments are the full power of the Demon Sword, but five are enough to activate it! Half the power can also be used!】
Lin Queli: “…”
Lin Queli: “That is to say, Lin Luo only needs to steal one from me or Helan Xue, and he’ll be successful?”
【Mmm! The System thinks that compared to the Immortal Venerable, he should… choose to start with you?】
“…”
Isn’t that obvious!
Lin Queli’s body trembled, and he said with a shiver, “The fate of the three realms is in my hands. It’s so scary. System, how about I secretly teleport the two fragments in my hands to Helan Xue? What if Lin Luo really succeeds in stealing the fragments from me, starts an immortal-demon war, and causes widespread devastation? Wouldn’t I become a sinner?”
【That’s right, but Host, don’t forget that he’s not just after you because of the fragments! To completely destroy the world, besides the Demon Sword, he also wants to kill the Long Aotian in your belly! If that’s the case, you might as well hold onto the fragments and increase your bargaining chips!】
【Host—we can’t let him kill the Long Aotian we worked so hard to get!】
Lin Queli subconsciously protected his belly, feeling even more desperate.
Damn it, this life is really unbearable. I have to guard against Helan Xue, and now there’s also a cheater!
Lin Luo, you’re so rebellious. Does Immortal Lord Changming know about this!!
Lin Queli pounded the stone bed. “Da Zhuang! I’m done for—!”
He said anxiously, “Is this barrier reliable? Will it be found by Lin Luo and his system?”
【Theoretically, no. The power of the systems is equal. They can’t find us, and we can’t find them, unless you leave this barrier.】
“Oh…”
Lin Queli suddenly had an idea. He asked carefully, “Da Zhuang, do you think it would be useful if I used the child to threaten Helan Xue to protect me?”
【Sorry, this belongs to the complex emotions of humans. The System cannot predict it.】
【But theoretically, Taxue Xianzun hates evil with a passion. He should kill the Demon Clan, along with his descendants with demonic blood, to prevent future trouble?】
“…”
Wow.
Lin Queli closed his eyes peacefully. “Good night, Makka Pakka.”