After Deceiving Shizun into Dual Cultivating, I Ran Away With His Bun 57

Chapter 57

The only flame that had risen from the thick snow in a thousand years, small yet as if it were about to melt all the ice and snow, had already been extinguished before it could spread, leaving only an indelible scorched black mark in the snow.
After the thunder tribulation ended, Shouyang led the Myriad Sword Sect to execute Elder Jin and all his minions.
The people of the Tiandi tribe hurriedly evacuated with the shadow guards. Shouyang noticed but did not stop them.
Now that the Demon Palace had collapsed, the seventy-two tribes might leave the Mount of Demons and find a new place to live in seclusion.
On the altar, after an unknown amount of time, after a layer of snow had covered Helan Xue and Lin Queli, Helan Xue finally stood up, holding Lin Queli’s corpse.
He walked down the steps step by step.
After becoming an immortal, Taxue Xianzun’s every step was like a blooming lotus, and a golden light overflowed wherever he went.
After the dark clouds dispersed, the heavens and earth were as if they had just opened, and the golden light shone through the clouds and sprinkled on the earth again.
The heavens and earth were all welcoming this true immortal.
This was the first person to become an immortal in a thousand years. From now on, he would be different from ordinary cultivators.
But even though he had become an immortal, the red mark on the otherworldly Immortal Venerable’s forehead was even more prominent, and his expression was less stern and cold, but more human.
This was the opposite. Generally, when a person became an immortal, they would be more calm and detached, but Helan Xue had cultivated the Dao of Cangsheng, so it was reasonable for him to be like this now.
Shouyang stepped forward. After seeing the person in Helan Xue’s arms, he only felt a void in his heart.
His little junior martial brother, who used to act cute with him and was so full of life, was now covered in wounds and bloodstains, his body almost torn apart by the demonic energy of the sword. The red robes belonging to the Demon Lord were tattered, and it was impossible to tell if it was the color of the cloth or blood.
He reached out his trembling hand, wanting to tidy Lin Queli’s hair, but after touching it, he found that it was too messy and he didn’t know where to start.
Shouyang gently curled his palm and said in a hoarse voice, closing his eyes, “Shizun… let’s take junior martial brother home. Even if he is a demon, he died for the Dao. He is a disciple of our Myriad Sword Sect and should return to the Myriad Sword Sect… to reunite with us after thousands of years.”
Helan Xue did not speak. He just stared at Lin Queli.
After a long while, he said softly, “No…”
Shouyang was stunned. His voice was hoarse, and it was rare for him to speak to Helan Xue with such excitement and disrespect. “Shizun! You know junior martial brother’s temperament. Don’t let him be alone outside…”
Shouyang looked around.
Lin Queli was the Demon Lord and should be buried in the mass grave of the Mount of Demons. But that place was filled with successive generations of Demon Lords and heinous people. If his junior martial brother were to live there after death, he would definitely be bullied.
“Mmm.” Helan Xue lowered his eyes. “This Venerable will take him back to the Ice Cave Abode.”
Shouyang was stunned.
Huh?
He’s talking about the Myriad Sword Mountain, not the Ice Cave Abode?
The Ice Cave Abode is where Helan Xue goes into seclusion to cultivate. What’s the point of taking him back!
A chill ran down Shouyang’s heart. Could it be that he was going to use the cold qi of the cave to preserve the corpse?
Why didn’t Helan Xue choose to bury him!
“Shizun…”
Shouyang wanted to say something more, but Helan Xue had already teleported away.
The blizzard around them was still continuing, and the fierce wind scraped against Shouyang’s face, causing him pain. It was only at this moment that Shouyang suddenly realized that he had long been used to Helan Xue’s calmness and self-restraint, so he had not noticed what expression Helan Xue had just now.
That… was no longer the calm and detached Taxue Xianzun of the past.
“Rumble—!”
Not far away, the Demon Palace collapsed.
Shouyang stared at the ruins around him in a daze.
Everything had settled.

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【In the eighth year of the Tianyuan era, the Righteous Path, who had intended to stir up an immortal-demon war with the Jin Chan faction of the Demon Clan, was cleaned up by the Myriad Sword Sect.】
【In the ninth year of the Tianyuan era, in the “Battle of the Altar,” the Demon Lord, after being enlightened by Taxue Xianzun, sacrificed himself to the sword, taking the Demon Sword with him to ashes, and together with Taxue Xianzun, avoided an immortal-demon war. All the conspirators have been executed, and the Demon Sword is shattered. Everything has come to a HE!】
After leaving the small world, in the virtual pure white space, the System was helping Lin Queli to check the follow-up.
【Oh, it’s even more perfect than the original novel! After the Battle of the Altar, everyone’s view of the Demon Clan has changed. The original Long Aotian was a mixed-blood, so the plot of being looked down upon and breaking prejudices will not happen.】
【The Demon Lord and Jin Chan and other demons are completely dead. The plot of the Long Aotian fighting across levels to level up and fighting to the death with the Demon Clan has been avoided.】
【The Long Aotian grew up in the Tiandi tribe from a young age. The plot of being envied and bullied by the rest of the Righteous Path from a young age, and having his engagement broken off by his childhood sweetheart due to rumors, is also gone!】
【Perhaps he will still encounter Helan Xue in the future as in the original novel and become his enemy, but now because of his growth environment, and the fact that Helan Xue did not become an immortal in the original novel, but now that he has become an immortal, his encounter with the Long Aotian is greatly different, and the probability of them becoming enemies has been reduced a lot! The rest may be up to fate!】
【Host, everything is developing very well!】
Everything is very good… is it?
Lin Queli stared at the System in a daze.
He asked, “What about Helan Xue?”
【Let me see… after the Battle of the Altar, he went into seclusion and did not come out, which is in line with the timeline of the original novel. At this time, the previous generation has all retired, and the era of the Long Aotian and the young people is about to begin!】
Everything is very good.
【Host…! Why are you crying?!】
Lin Queli paused. He rubbed his eyes. “Maybe I got sand in my eyes?”
【But this is a virtual space…?】
“…”
【Mmm… then I’ll activate the item and send you back?】
“Okay.”
【Okay! Thank you, Host, for your company along the way. The mission is complete, and the System is about to be logged out. I wish the Host all the best in the future!】
【Before the teleportation begins, a friendly reminder that besides your memories, you cannot take back any physical items, such as jewelry or clothes!】
Huh??
Lin Queli looked at the jade bracelet on his ankle with some speechlessness.
I can’t take it back?
Not even a keepsake?
【After confirmation, the System will begin to transmi…】
“Wait!”
Lin Queli opened his mouth and finally asked, “Can I really not take it back?”
【No.】
Lin Queli scratched his head. “Th-then can I go back to the small world and return the jade bracelet?”
【…】
【Host, do you know what you are saying?】
“…”
Lin Queli sighed and threw caution to the wind.
“System! I’m not going back to my original world. Can I stay in the small world?”
【…Huh?】
【According to the investigation, 45% of the hosts who have completed the mission have chosen to stay in the small world. This is naturally feasible, and if the Host chooses to go back, I won’t have to be logged out! But the Host has to think clearly about the consequences.】
【To stay in the small world, you have to consume the space-time wish item and exchange it for a teleportation to the small world. That is to say, you can never return to your original world, and the points that could have been exchanged for money will also disappear. You will have to save up again. Do you really accept this?】
Lin Queli paused.
“I have no attachments in my original world, but in the small world…” he shook his head and smiled. “I can accept it.”
【And unlike other hosts, since your physical body is already dead, if you want to go back, the System has to create a new physical body for you. You can’t use the original one. This will take ten years. You can sleep in this virtual space and wait. To you, it will be just a blink of an eye, but for the small world, ten years have already passed.】
Lin Queli thought to himself, that is to say, by the time I go back, the snowball will already be ten years old. I will have missed these ten years. And Helan Xue will have had ten years to accept his death. I wonder if they… will forget me?
【Host, think clearly before you decide!】
“I’ve thought it through!” Lin Queli took a deep breath. “Go back!”
【Huh?】
Lin Queli smiled. “It’s just ten years! It’s better than being separated forever and regretting it for a lifetime! A cultivator has hundreds of tens of years, don’t they?”
【Okay!】
Lin Queli closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.