After Deceiving Shizun into Dual Cultivating, I Ran Away With His Bun 68

Chapter 68

The bright lights of the lanterns were like day.
The lover of Taxue Xianzun was in this sea of lanterns, as if in a dream.
A moment later, he finally sighed heavily.
Helan Xue rubbed the top of Lin Queli’s head. “No need.”
He had prepared another sky lantern for Lin Queli.
Lin Queli: “Huh?”
Helan Xue said softly, “You just need to know that my heart will not change, but you don’t have to force yourself.”
Lin Queli was stunned.
Helan Xue turned around and released the sky lantern in his hand.
Lin Queli also followed suit.
The two’s sky lanterns slowly rose into the sky, merging with the thousands of wishes in the sky.

…

The first lantern festival Lin Queli had spent here had ended, both perfectly and not so perfectly.
That night, after washing up, Lin Queli was in a daze in his quilt, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
…There was too much information. He was still digesting it.
Seeing that Lin Queli was a little depressed after returning from the lantern festival, A’Xue crawled to his side and squeezed himself into Lin Queli’s arms.
Lin Queli looked at the person in his arms, with white hair and white clothes, and chuckled. “What kind of snowball are you?”
A’Xue was a little stunned. Little daddy used to call him that.
He poked Lin Queli’s belly.
Other people’s daddies couldn’t have children, but his could.
As expected of his little daddy, so amazing!
“Snowballs are soft and fluffy.”
Lin Queli pinched A’Xue’s arm and chuckled. “Didn’t you practice martial arts since you were young? Why are you still so soft? It must be because you’re a mango snowball!”
A’Xue was curious. “Why a mango?”
“Because your eyes are golden!”
“Oh…”
As Lin Queli spoke, his body suddenly trembled.
Wait a minute!
In the original novel, there was no fixed description of the Long Aotian’s appearance because the Long Aotian had been resurrected and reborn many times, and had been to various clans and sects, changing his appearance many times.
But looking at it now, could it be that A’Xue was really the Long Aotian whose fate had been changed, and was the child of Helan Xue and his little disciple…?!
After all, A’Xue had followed the Long Aotian’s plot, and he looked so much like Helan Xue!
But if A’Xue was the Long Aotian, then what was he here for?
A’Xue wasn’t necessarily the Long Aotian, right? Maybe there was some bug?
Lin Queli recalled the plot of the original novel.
There wasn’t much plot related to Helan Xue, but since it was related to the Long Aotian, it was quite detailed and impressive.
Lin Queli thought for a moment. According to the current progress, the Long Aotian in the original novel had become a disciple of the Beast Sect and had gone to the grand competition with Li Xiangxiang. But because he had stolen the limelight from the Radiant Church in the Phantom Spirit Crane incident, the Radiant Church had recalled their head disciple, Feng Jiancheng, and had issued a challenge to the Long Aotian, with Li Xiangxiang as a bargaining chip, to have a showdown at the grand competition.
But Feng Jiancheng was already a high-level cultivator. For the Long Aotian to fight him was to fight across levels.
Of course, as the protagonist, in the end, the Long Aotian did not disappoint. When he was almost beaten to death by Feng Jiancheng, he awakened his power and completed the face-slapping.
Lin Queli swallowed hard. The Phantom Spirit Crane incident could be considered a coincidence. After all, he and A’Xue were indeed going to the Myriad Sword Mountain to become disciples. It couldn’t be that everyone who was going to become a disciple was the Long Aotian, right! So the subsequent plot should have nothing to do with them…
“By the way, Brother A’Li, I have something to tell you.”
A’Xue tugged at the corner of Lin Queli’s clothes. “Just now when we came back, the innkeeper gave me a letter. I looked at it, and it’s a challenge letter from the Radiant Church.”
“?!”
Lin Queli jumped up. “Who! Who sent you a challenge?!”
“It’s called…” A’Xue was first startled by Lin Queli’s overly excited reaction, then he took out the challenge letter from his spirit pouch. “Feng Jiancheng. He said he wants to spar with me at the grand competition.”
Lin Queli fainted on the spot.
Good, good, good.
It really is?!
Huh?!
Is this right!!
“What’s wrong?” Looking at Lin Queli’s expression, A’Xue scratched his head. “I haven’t agreed yet. Brother A’Yu said I should ask the two… two brothers.”
“Don’t agree!” Lin Queli sat up and held A’Xue’s shoulder anxiously. “That guy Feng Jiancheng is older than me, and he’s already at the late stage of the Golden Core! You’ve just reached the Golden Core. It’s not that you can’t beat him, but if you want to win, you’ll definitely get hurt. It’s not necessary.”
Whoever wants to complete the Long Aotian’s KPI can do it!
“Oh…! Then I’ll refuse later.” A’Xue nodded obediently.
He looked at the sky. “Let’s sleep. Hehe, we have to get up early tomorrow!”
A’Xue excitedly began to make the bed. After all, tomorrow was the day the Myriad Sword Sect would open, and the participating cultivators could go up the mountain to settle down first.
They were about to go up the Myriad Sword Mountain.
Myriad Sword Mountain…
Taxue Xianzun…
Lin Queli: “…”
Thanks for asking, but now I can’t sleep even more!!
Ah, ah, ah—
Damn it!
Lin Queli looked at A’Xue. He first wanted to tear the System apart, then he only felt even more dejected.
If A’Xue was the child of Helan Xue and the Myriad Sword Sect’s little disciple, then was he here to… join this family?!
Lin Queli thought to himself, Wen Chen and Helan Xue are probably the two sides of Taxue Xianzun.
To be so obsessed with the high and mighty Helan Xue, and to be so deeply loved by the gentle Wen Chen… sob, sob, sob, I’m not that envious.
After all, to be able to give birth to such a cute child as A’Xue, and to be so valued by the Immortal Venerable, that little immortal should be a very good person, right?
On the other side, A’Xue had already made the bed. After he lay down, he said, “Brother Wen Chen said he’ll find another room tonight and won’t sleep with us.”
Lin Queli was stunned.
A’Xue: “Why? Did you guys have a fight?”
“No.” Lin Queli comforted him, “Maybe he just, um… wants some private space?”
“Oh!” A’Xue muttered, “It’s good that you didn’t have a fight…”
Lin Queli pouted.
Probably not.
But what did Helan Xue mean by this?
Was he giving him time to consider, or did he feel awkward?
Lin Queli lowered his eyes. “Then do you want to sleep with him? I’ll take you to find him?”
After all, Helan Xue was the one who was related to A’Xue by blood.
No wonder the two of them got along so well and were both so amazing.
“No… I want to sleep with you.” A’Xue hugged Lin Queli’s waist. He was a good sleeper and would fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. After rubbing his head against Lin Queli, his consciousness began to blur.
Lin Queli paused for a long time, then reached out and tapped the tip of A’Xue’s nose. “Then I’ll be your step-daddy.”
A’Xue closed his eyes and said in a daze, “You’ll be little daddy, and Brother Wen Chen will be big daddy…”
Lin Queli chuckled, but there was a hint of warmth in his heart.
Stupid A’Xue.

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…

The next day, the group went to the Myriad Sword Mountain.
Rongcheng and the Myriad Sword Mountain were not far apart. In just half a day, they arrived at the foot of the Myriad Sword Mountain.
At this moment, the Myriad Sword Mountain was rarely open, and many cultivators were also climbing the mountain with their bags.
Lin Queli looked up at the flying swords hanging in the air at the top of the mountain and asked, “Is our place on the mountainside?”
The grand competition and the houses for the cultivators to live in were on the mountainside. The top of the mountain was only open to the inner-sect disciples.
“Not so.”
Helan Xue said, “A’Li, after we settle down later, I have something to tell you.”
Lin Queli’s current condition was too unstable. Even his soul was extremely dim, and it was getting dimmer and dimmer, as if… it were about to dissipate at any time.
Helan Xue was afraid that all of this was just a flash in the pan, or just a dream.
…Or perhaps this was Lin Queli coming back to see them one last time before he completely dissipated.
Any possibility existed, making him unable to relax for a moment.
Even though he had said he wouldn’t sleep with Lin Queli last night, he had stood guard outside Lin Queli’s window for a whole night.
He didn’t know what effect it would have if he rashly told Lin Queli about the past, but for now, he could only try various methods, such as telling Lin Queli clearly, and then cultivating with him to find a way.
Just then, a tall man not far away led a group of people and rushed over. His anxious appearance did not look like a member of the Myriad Sword Sect at all.
“Shizun! I heard you have news of little junior martial brother…”
When Shouyang saw Lin Queli, his steps immediately paused.
Qiansui and several disciples were even more dumbfounded, standing frozen in place, as if they had been petrified.
So alike, so alike.
“You…”
Before he could finish, he only heard a sharp whistle. Lin Queli was so scared he trembled all over and subconsciously turned his head, only to see that A’Xue was gone.
Huh?!
A’Yu said anxiously, “The Phantom Spirit Crane!! It caught up! It just snatched A’Xue away!”
“?”
S-snatched away?
Helan Xue frowned. “I heard long ago that the Phantom Spirit Crane is vengeful by nature. I didn’t expect it to chase all the way here.”
He must have been looking for an opportunity to strike, but A’Xue had never left Helan Xue’s side. Now, if he entered the Myriad Sword Sect, he would really have no chance, so he made a desperate move.
With that, Helan Xue put one arm around Lin Queli’s waist and opened a formation with the other, chasing after him.
At the foot of the mountain, he saw the Phantom Spirit Crane and A’Xue fighting again.
The Phantom Spirit Crane once again used its advantage—a barrier.
It pulled A’Xue into the formation, and outsiders could not enter at all.
Lin Queli was so anxious he was spinning in circles.
In the original novel, the Long Aotian killed the Phantom Spirit Crane, but last time in the formation, A’Xue didn’t have time, so this spirit beast has recuperated and come back?
Lin Queli said to Helan Xue, “It seems to be even stronger than last time! Think of a way!”
Helan Xue comforted him, “It’s fine. It’s not a problem for A’Xue to hold on for an incense stick’s time.”
He sat down on the spot and said with his eyes closed, “Wait for me to break the formation.”
If he broke through by force, the formation would backlash on both the Phantom Spirit Crane and A’Xue. But Helan Xue had his own way of breaking through, which was to suppress the Phantom Spirit Crane with his spiritual energy and take control of this formation.
But the Phantom Spirit Crane was an ancient spirit beast, and it was not easy to seize control, so it would take some time.
Lin Queli rushed to the side of the formation and looked left and right anxiously.
The meditating Helan Xue frowned. “A’Li, come here. You’re too close.”
“Oh!”
Lin Queli gritted his teeth and took a few steps back.
In the formation, he saw the Phantom Spirit Crane suddenly flap its wings, let out a long cry, and wave its wings, throwing countless feathers that were no different from sharp blades at A’Xue.
A’Xue nimbly dodged, blocked the feathers with his longsword, and returned them in kind!
Seeing that it was difficult to strike for a moment, the Phantom Spirit Crane changed its target.
“Whoosh—”
The next moment, he saw the Phantom Spirit Crane spin in the air, using its feathers to block its body.
A’Xue was still confused when he saw the Phantom Spirit Crane rush towards Lin Queli.
Nearly a hundred feathers broke through the barrier and stabbed at Lin Queli!
“…!”
Lin Queli’s eyes widened. A golden light flashed before his eyes, and he heard the two shout in his ears.
No.
Besides Helan Xue and A’Xue, there was another voice in his head.
【Host!!! Da Zhuang is back—】
【I’m back within the thirty-day limit!】
【Holy shit, Host, what’s going on?! Ah, ah, ah—】
At the same time, just as A’Xue was about to pounce on Lin Queli, he saw a strong… demonic energy burst out from Lin Queli’s body!
The strong demonic energy struck at the Phantom Spirit Crane, almost shattering the formation