Chapter 50
Spring, the winter warmed and the flowers bloomed.
The snow had long since melted, and the hundred flowers were blooming under the bright sun, but the joy of spring could not dilute the recent disasters.
In the main hall of the Changming Clan, Helan Xue and Changming sat in the main seats. Many leaders of the Righteous Path were also present, discussing how to deal with the recent troubles caused by “Lin Luo.”
“That traitor only needs one more fragment to forge the Demon Sword!” one of them said indignantly, “Recently, there have been many refugees asking for help at the foot of my sect’s mountain. It shows how rampant the demons are!”
Changming’s face was dark, and he said nothing.
Helan Xue’s “little disciple” was not Lin Luo. Then was the current Lin Luo his Lin Luo?
If not, then where did the real Lin Luo go? If he was…
No matter what the result was, it was not a good one for Immortal Lord Changming. And like Helan Xue, he had exhausted all his resources to find Lin Luo, and all the evidence pointed to the current outrageous, traitorous Lin Luo.
Changming could not sleep at night now, and his health was not good. At this moment, sitting on the side, his face looked even worse, and he was listless and did not participate much in the discussion.
And Helan Xue played with the prayer beads in his hand, looking at the room full of people with their own thoughts.
After spending countless days, the Myriad Sword Sect had finally cleaned up the Righteous Path and brought all the cultivators who had participated in the conspiracy to justice.
Some were amazed and sighed that such a thing had happened, and they shared a common hatred and indignation with the Myriad Sword Sect.
Some admired the integrity of the Myriad Sword Sect and its sharp methods.
There were also a few who were terrified and worried, believing the rumors spread by the cultivators who had participated in the conspiracy, thinking that the Myriad Sword Sect was just using this to eliminate dissidents. After all, it was rumored that the current Lin Luo of the Changming Clan was a disciple of the Myriad Sword Sect.
Therefore, at this moment, these people were all looking at Changming and Helan Xue with different expressions.
One of the elders of the Radiant Church even stood up. “Now many people are questioning why Taxue Xianzun and the Myriad Sword Sect are so obsessed with cleaning up their own people, yet are indifferent to the Demon Clan. It’s really despicable! Everyone knows Taxue Xianzun’s cultivation. How could he not be able to bring that Lin Luo to justice? I firmly believe that the Immortal Venerable must have a way!”
The corner of Changming’s mouth twitched. If it weren’t for the fact that his body was limited now and he couldn’t get angry easily, he would have probably gotten up and cursed.
The biggest difference between Changming and Helan Xue was that Helan Xue was calm and detached, while Changming was open-minded and true to his nature. After a thousand years, he might have smoothed out many of his rough edges and become more steady, but he had also become more unrestrained.
Changming thought to himself, this is pointing out why the Myriad Sword Sect hasn’t dealt with Lin Luo and the fragments. They must still be resentful that their sect master was arrested.
These amoebas probably don’t know how great the disaster caused by the fragments would be if it weren’t for the Myriad Sword Sect!
And this matter of the Righteous Path colluding with the Demon Clan had also awakened many people. Like Helan Xue, and like Changming, they now saw clearly that there were many in the Righteous Path who had now joined the Myriad Sword Sect in disaster relief, working for the people, and there were also those like the Radiant Church who didn’t care about the common people at all, who were just occupying their positions and only wanted to fill their own pockets, the so-called “cultivators,” who were now even advocating for the Myriad Sword Sect to crusade against the Demon Lord.
Shouyang frowned. “Lin Luo’s movements are cunning. You have all seen it. This meeting is to borrow the power of each sect, to set up traps and hunt him down with all our might!”
The elder said, “Catching Lin Luo is just treating the symptoms, not the root cause… To catch a thief, first catch the king. The Demon Clan is harming the four directions. Shouldn’t the one we should be catching be the master of the Mount of Demons?”
“Who said we’re not catching him?”
Helan Xue rubbed his prayer beads. “This Venerable has his own plans for the Mount of Demons. Even if we crusade, it’s the Myriad Sword Sect’s business. Your duty is to protect the common people from the Demon Sword fragments and Lin Luo.”
When Helan Xue said this, the surroundings seemed to become even colder.
The pressure from a cultivator who was half a step away from godhood instantly made everyone not dare to refute.
They carefully observed Helan Xue’s expression and saw that he was expressionless, but his whole body was as cold as frost.
It seems…
Is the Myriad Sword Sect preparing to crusade against the Mount of Demons?
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Another three months passed. Lin Queli woke up as usual. As expected, A’Yu and the others had not found the Sky Frost Flower, but Lin Queli had also guessed the reason—the Sky Frost Flower was completely under Helan Xue’s control. Helan Xue would not let anyone else find it.
How could the Tiandi tribe fight against Helan Xue?
Lin Queli simply told them not to look for it.
And after another three months, at the end of autumn, Lin Queli finally welcomed his “delivery.”
Because of the System, Lin Queli did not experience anything. He just woke up and saw a baby lying beside him, even with a warm swaddling blanket.
Very The Sims?
Lin Queli didn’t have time to feel his flat belly. He suppressed the discomfort of the furnace cauldron’s outbreak and quickly sat up to hold the snowball in his arms and take a look.
He had never held a child before, and now his movements were very clumsy.
“Waaah, waaah—”
The originally quiet child, after being held by Lin Queli like this, came back to his senses and began to cry loudly.
Lin Queli quickly rocked the child and coaxed him softly, “Hey, hey, hey… can Helan Xue’s child also cry! Don’t cry, don’t cry—”
The snowball heard Lin Queli’s voice and immediately stopped crying, looking at him curiously.
Perhaps because of the nourishment of spiritual energy, the snowball was not wrinkled like an ordinary baby at birth, but had delicate skin and was white and plump.
Lin Queli found that this child was really like a snowball, just like his nickname, and… this was completely a mini-Helan Xue!!
The chubby, rosy cheeks had inherited Helan Xue’s white skin, and his eyes were also golden like Helan Xue’s. Most importantly, this child had a red mark on his forehead, exactly the same as Helan Xue’s!
Lin Queli was so happy he couldn’t stop looking.
He didn’t know if Helan Xue was also like this when he was young, so soft.
But this child’s features were more like Lin Queli’s.
The magical thing was that it was not Lin Queli’s appearance that had been modified by the Demon Lord and Lin Luo, but the contours of his features from his original world—sunny, cute, and not lacking in delicacy.
Lin Queli only found it magical.
This snowball that had been in his belly for ten months had finally come out, and had become a baby, a real life.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, looking at the snowball, Lin Queli still had mixed feelings.
This was actually… his and Helan Xue’s child!
Whoa—!
Rounding up, he had given birth to a child!! Oh my god—
【Congratulations, Host! Congratulations, Host—】
With the System’s joyful shouts, Lin Queli only felt a series of prompts and a settlement sound even more mechanical than Da Zhuang’s explode in his brain.
【Through thick and thin, I’ve been with you all the way. Thank you, Host, for walking with the System for 605 days and completing the main mission. Reward: [Space-Time Wish Bottle x1], [Point Conversion Coupon x1]!】
The System was extremely happy.
【Host! That wish bottle is the item that can send you back to your original world, and the point conversion coupon can convert all your current points into reputation, money, real estate, and other assets in your world. You have now dual cultivated with the Immortal Venerable twice and given birth to the Long Aotian. You have a lot of points!】
【After teleporting the child out, you can now use these items to run away at any time! Congratulations, Host, for finally ending your days of fear and no longer having to suffer from the furnace cauldron’s outbreak!】
Lin Queli was stunned.
Huh?
I can leave now?
“It’s-it’s too sudden!”
Although he was a little uncomfortable now because of the furnace cauldron’s outbreak, to be honest… he was used to it!
The more he thought about it, the sadder he got. He was actually used to the pain and the feeling of being burned, sob, sob, sob!
Lin Queli held the snowball and said hesitantly, “Th-this is it? I’m leaving?”
The child in his arms cried out at the right time, startling Lin Queli.
Lin Queli fumbled to coax him and sighed. “It’s too pitiful to just teleport him away without anyone to take care of him… at least I should entrust him to the Tiandi tribe first?”
Lin Queli held the child and walked out.
In the unfamiliar environment outside, the snowball nervously grabbed Lin Queli’s collar with his fleshy hands and curled up in his arms, but he looked around with his golden bean-like eyes.
“Your Highness?”
Ganlu and A’Yu came up to greet him. When they saw the child in Lin Queli’s arms, they were first shocked and their eyes widened. Then they looked at Lin Queli, and in an instant, everything became clear.
The highly cultivated Tiandi tribe could smell the aura of their clansmen, so they could naturally see that the child in Lin Queli’s arms was his own.
So His Highness had been in seclusion for ten months for this…
But this child’s blood was not pure demonic blood, but also had the aura of an ordinary person from the Righteous Path. Could it be…
The two knew Lin Queli’s previous experiences and his identity as a furnace cauldron, so they tactfully did not ask who the child’s other parent was, but they still froze in place.
Seeing this, Lin Queli said, “I have something to tell you.”
Lin Queli held the child and came to a stone table on the side with the two of them.
He sat opposite them and looked around.
After nearly a year of infrastructure construction, the surroundings were no longer as barren as when they first came. As far as the eye could see, there were houses, and people coming and going, already turning into a thriving little village.
It was winter again, and snow had piled up on the green-tiled roofs. In front of the houses were scattered fields, covered in a layer of frozen earth.
Everyone was not affected by the cold at all. They were busy sweeping the snow, their breath white as they tamped the earth. Lin Queli also saw many people preparing a bonfire, and some people were coming with their prey, as if preparing for tonight’s celebration. The Tiandi tribe would gather around the bonfire every night to celebrate, drink, and eat meat, especially now in winter, it was more suitable to gather together for warmth.
Lin Queli felt that this was very good. This tribe looked after each other, was kind-hearted and sincere. Even if the Long Aotian was destined to suffer many disasters in the future, at least he would have someone to take care of him in his childhood.
After pondering for a while, he took a deep breath. “I… my lifespan is about to end. I want to entrust my child to you. Is that okay?”
“Huh?!”
A’Yu’s eyes widened. “How is that possible?! Your Highness is clearly…”
Lin Queli smiled bitterly. “Can you feel my Yuan Soul carefully?”
A’Yu was stunned.
Ganlu lowered her eyes. Indeed… Lin Queli’s body had been very weak since the furnace cauldron poison took effect. Without the Extreme Cold Yuan Soul, he would never be able to get rid of this evil fire that entangled him and gradually weakened his spiritual energy.
Ganlu gritted her teeth. “We can gather the elites of the seventy-two tribes and go and assassinate Helan Xue.”
Lin Queli rarely put on a stern face and said sharply, “To be fair, do you think it’s worth sacrificing so many people and giving up the peaceful life of the tribe, isolated from the world, just to keep me alive?”
“You are Your Highness…”
“So what?” Lin Queli shook his head. “It’s just a life? But if we go to war with Helan Xue as you said, then it will be a bloodbath, and how many people will lose their family and friends?”
Ganlu’s gaze was moved.
“Your Highness…”
“Anyway, taking care of this child is your loyalty to me, this Highness! It’s not a big problem!” Lin Queli said with a grin and patted the two on the shoulder.
The two were silent for a long time.
A moment later, A’Yu took a deep breath, his gaze firm. “I will definitely protect and teach Your Highness’s heir well…”
“No, no, no, he’s not an heir.” Lin Queli waved his hand and smiled. “I hope this child can be like you, far away from the disputes of the Righteous and Demonic paths, and just grow up happily in this mountain.”
“Yes! I understand.”
A’Yu lowered his eyes. “Th-then, Your Highness said your lifespan is about to end. How much longer do you have?”
Lin Queli paused.
Just talking to the two of them for a short while, he was already a little tired, and his whole body was sore and numb. He felt that he couldn’t hold on for much longer.
Lin Queli looked at the warm bonfire not far away and said with a grin, “At least let’s eat together tonight? I haven’t had the Tiandi tribe’s food yet!”
With that, he handed the child to Ganlu.
A’Yu saw the bright firelight dancing in Lin Queli’s eyes, and in those beautiful eyes was a deep reluctance.
He didn’t know if His Highness was reluctant to part with the child, or if he saw someone through the child, or if he had seen wrong.
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Amazing work as always !
NOOO LIN LUO DONT LEAVE THE POOR BUN 😭😭😭
Ty for the translations 🥹