After Deceiving Shizun into Dual Cultivating, I Ran Away With His Bun 72

Chapter 72

The heavens and earth changed color, and golden light flashed.
The Phantom Spirit Crane spread its wings, instantly blocking out the sky and sun.
Everyone saw Helan Liyu leap into the air and be caught steadily by the crane. The white-haired young boy rode on the white crane’s head, and the spirit sword in his hand and the crane’s golden feathers stabbed at Feng Jiancheng together.
“Ugh—!”
Feng Jiancheng was pierced by a thousand arrows and spat out a mouthful of black blood. He had thought he would die, but when he looked down, he saw that he was unharmed.
The spiritual energy had passed through his body. It had a real feeling of piercing, but it did not really hurt him too much. It was just a warning, but the deterrence was real.
“Oh my god… what precise control!”
“The crane and the person actually complement each other! Their spiritual energy is mutually restrained!”
The several people from the Beast Sect all stood up, their eyes wide in disbelief.
That was the spirit pet that their sect’s first-generation sect master had subdued. After the sect master died, it had been sealed in the deepest part of the sect for a full thousand years. Now that it had been awakened, the Beast Sect had originally thought it would be a life-or-death battle. They had never dreamed that this fierce beast could be subdued again by a person, and a child at that.
And that wasn’t all. This spirit beast’s cultivation was high, and the entire Beast Sect and the Radiant Church combined could not defeat it. It was just that it had been asleep for a thousand years and had not yet fully recovered its state. Now it seemed…
This child was not worried at all that this spirit beast would get out of his control. He actually allowed the crane to become more and more powerful!
After Feng Jiancheng was prostrate on the ground, the crane landed steadily with Helan Liyu.
Helan Liyu walked step by step to Feng Jiancheng. “You lose.”
Feng Kang was still in a daze.
No, impossible…
The head of their sect actually… lost to a fledgling child?!
Feng Kang’s face turned green and white. He glared at Feng Jiancheng, but at this moment, Feng Jiancheng was even paralyzed on the ground and couldn’t get up.
“Damn it…” Feng Kang looked at the two, unable to accept the outcome of this match for a moment. “It-it must be a trick!”
Shouyang sneered. “Does Sect Master Feng think that my Myriad Sword Sect is unfair?”
“I-I don’t mean that.” Feng Kang was a little flustered, but he quickly regained his confidence. “But that child actually used the Phantom Spirit Crane to help him. This is against the rules!”
Li Chou of the Beast Sect frowned and stood up to refute, “According to you, then all the disciples of our Beast Sect who use beasts to fight don’t have to participate in this grand competition?”
“That’s right!” Li Xiangxiang also stood up with her brother and snorted, “Sect Master Feng is the head of a sect, but you don’t even dare to admit that you are not as good as others?”
Sect Master Li Chou shook his head. “Such a large sect that has been passed down for many years has no strength, and its conduct is also not proper. Sigh…”
Helan Liyu raised an eyebrow. “Can the Radiant Church keep its promise?”
Feng Kang took a few steps back. He was so angry that he actually spat out a mouthful of blood, just like Feng Jiancheng!
A disciple on the side helped him up and said in a low voice, “I-it’s fine. It’s not necessarily a bad thing for the Radiant Church to become an affiliate of the Myriad Sword Sect…”
Feng Kang closed his eyes, feeling his head go blank. This disciple of his was thinking too beautifully!
Sure enough, he saw Helan Liyu step forward and say with a grin, “That’s great. I heard from the outer-sect disciples before that they were annoyed that they had to clean the sect day and night and had no time to cultivate. Now there are a lot more helpers!”
The other sects all lowered their heads, unable to help but laugh, taking pleasure in their misfortune.
The Radiant Church had been arrogant for many years. It was time for them to get the lesson they deserved! Now that they were being sent to be servants, it was also a relief for everyone.
Lin Queli breathed a sigh of relief.
From this, it could be seen that in the original novel’s plot, as long as the result was not too different, the process didn’t matter.
Because the Long Aotian’s growth trajectory was different from the original novel, it seemed that starting from the Phantom Spirit Crane, with it as a focal point, the Long Aotian’s fate had changed.
Lin Queli looked down and saw the Phantom Spirit Crane resting beside Helan Liyu, and Feng Jiancheng…
Huh?
Lin Queli thought he had seen wrong, but he saw that after the prostrate Feng Jiancheng trembled and got up, his eyes changed, as if a sharp glint had flashed by.
Feng Jiancheng even looked up at him.
Lin Queli frowned.
But when he came back to his senses, he saw that Feng Jiancheng had returned to his original state.
Lin Queli glanced at Helan Xue and the others. The big shots hadn’t noticed anything…
Did I see wrong?
In any case, the result of this grand competition was good, and it was even better than Lin Queli had expected.
—From then on, Helan Liyu’s name resounded throughout the country.
Everyone knew that the leader of the Righteous Path, Taxue Xianzun Helan Xue, and the Demon Lord, Lin Queli, were Daoist partners, deeply in love, breaking the thousand-year hostility between the immortal and demon paths, and even had a son.
This son, Helan Liyu, had extraordinary strength.
Of course, the child who had inherited the spiritual energy of the Demon Lord and Taxue Xianzun could not be bad. At such a young age, he already had the demeanor of Taxue Xianzun back then.
Now Taxue Xianzun had gradually withdrawn from the Righteous Path and was living a carefree life with his Daoist partner.
A new era was about to begin.

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After the grand competition, there would be a banquet at night as usual. Helan Xue had not planned to go, but this time he had to introduce Helan Liyu to the Righteous Path. It was the child’s first time interacting with others, so he would naturally not let him face it alone.
Helan Xue had wanted to bring Lin Queli along. After all, Lin Queli loved this kind of occasion where he could eat and drink to his heart’s content. But Lin Queli had taken advantage of Helan Xue’s inattention, told Shouyang, and then slipped away.
Helan Xue frowned slightly. What’s wrong?
“Where did he go?”
Shouyang said, “He said he was tired and wanted to go back to his room to rest. He told Shizun not to worry, and that it wouldn’t be too late to find him after it was over.”
Helan Xue pondered.
He remembered that Lin Queli had seemed a little… strange all day today.
When he touched Lin Queli, Lin Queli’s reaction was very unnatural, such as being stiff or subconsciously dodging.
He couldn’t see Lin Queli’s expression through the veiled hat, but before this, Lin Queli had been fine and had not resisted being intimate with him.
Why the sudden change?
Could it be that Lin Queli doesn’t want to be intimate with him in front of outsiders because he feels ashamed of this relationship?
No, that’s not normal either.
After Lin Queli regained his memory, they had immediately had sex out of uncontrollable passion. But desire was desire, and they were even more compatible in this aspect, which could bring an extraordinary pleasure. It didn’t necessarily mean that Lin Queli liked him that much.
How does Lin Queli really feel about this relationship?
But anyway… he doesn’t hate it, right?
Helan Xue was immediately a little absent-minded. After finally waiting for the banquet to end, when Helan Xue returned to the Myriad Sword Sect, he ran into the suspicious Ji Chun in the main hall. He was holding a bag of something.
“Ah… ah! The Immortal Venerable is back! So soon…!” Ji Chun’s expression was a little guilty and flustered.
Helan Xue frowned. “Where is A’Li?”
Before the banquet, he had asked Ji Chun to keep an eye on Lin Queli. After all, Lin Queli’s physical condition was not good now.
“Ah… he…” Ji Chun said with a grin, “Why don’t the Immortal Venerable wait here for a while? I’ll go and inform him right away!”
Helan Xue felt more and more that something was wrong. “Where is he?”
The usually cold and indifferent Taxue Xianzun’s tone was now tinged with a bit of emotion.
Helan Xue actually had an illusion.
—Could it be that Lin Queli had run away again?
If Lin Queli was still unwilling to accept him, he could endure and wait, but… he would never let him run away secretly again.
He was simple-minded and not clever enough. Now he had no cultivation to protect his body, and he had not yet returned to his original body.
Helan Xue rubbed the prayer beads in his hand and forced himself to calm down.
It can’t be… A’Li shouldn’t be…
“He… um…” Ji Chun sensed Helan Xue’s pressure and looked around nervously.
Just then, a sound of an explosion came from not far away, as if something had been launched into the air, sounding like some kind of signal.
Ji Chun’s eyes lit up. He seemed to be relieved and looked at Helan Xue with a grin. “The person the Immortal Venerable is looking for is now in the Snow Tower!”
The Snow Tower was the tallest pavilion in the Myriad Sword Sect, used to observe the entire mountain and the stars. It was built for the immortal-demon war in the past and had a long history. Now few people went there.
Helan Xue frowned slightly. What is Lin Queli doing there?
Could it be that he wants to admire the moon or see the scenery?
In any case, at least Lin Queli was not trying to run away.
Helan Xue took a deep breath, and the prayer beads in his hand made a crisp “click” sound.
He strode towards the Snow Tower.
The Snow Tower was located in a relatively remote place in the Myriad Sword Sect. Helan Xue used teleportation to get there in an instant. After passing through countless steps and arriving at the top floor, Helan Xue was stunned.
Lin Queli was standing at the highest point, and at his feet and on the table beside him were all… lanterns.
He was huffing and puffing as he folded the last lantern and lit it with a spell he had just gotten from the System.
“You’re here!!” Lin Queli saw Helan Xue, and his eyes squinted into a smile. “Thanks to Ji Chun and A’Yu, I successfully made all the lanterns before you came back. It’s a surprise for you!”
A surprise…?
Helan Xue stared at the lanterns. At this moment, they were densely piled at Lin Queli’s feet, of various colors and patterns.
It was just to… release lanterns?
Helan Xue chuckled, and his tense nerves instantly relaxed. “Why did you suddenly want to release lanterns?”
Lin Queli said shyly, “Aren’t you surprised?”
Helan Xue nodded. “Mmm.”
Although it had almost turned into a scare, he looked around at the lanterns that Lin Queli had made by hand, and a warmth grew in his heart. “Does A’Li want to release lanterns with me?”
“Mmm!!” Lin Queli’s face was a little red. He held the largest lantern and said in a small voice, “Before, at the lantern festival, because I misunderstood, I couldn’t release lanterns with you. Now I want to make up for this little regret. And…”
Lin Queli’s voice grew even smaller. “I also have something to say to you.”
Before Helan Xue could react, he directly stuffed the lantern in his hand into Helan Xue’s. “First-first, let’s release the lanterns together?”
Helan Xue had a guess in his heart, but he was not sure and did not dare to jump to conclusions, so he just held the lantern that was emitting a soft light with Lin Queli. “Okay.”
Only then did Helan Xue notice that the lantern in their hands was ordinary, and there were three small figures drawn on the surface of the lantern.
A small child, a white-haired little person with a straight face, and a black-haired little person with a grin. The three little people were even holding hands.
Helan Xue chuckled.
“Did A’Li draw it himself?”
“Mmm…” The tips of Lin Queli’s ears were slightly red. “It’s not well-drawn.”
“It’s very cute.” Helan Xue said, “Next time, A’Li can draw another one for me.”
Then, the two raised their hands, released their fingertips, and sent the lantern into the night sky.
Helan Xue also, at Lin Queli’s signal, used his spiritual energy to send up all the remaining lanterns.
The wind and snow carried the light lanterns towards the bright moon in the sky. These lanterns, containing spiritual energy, would automatically transform and dissipate after reaching a certain height, never falling, but they had successfully carried people’s wishes to a high place.
At this moment, the moonlight spilled on Lin Queli’s body, and together with the flickering small flames of the lanterns, it made his eyes sparkle, and his features were even softer and more beautiful.
Lin Queli finally adjusted his mood and found his voice amidst his pounding heart. He said seriously, “I-I just remembered that all along, Shizun has been firmly saying that he likes me, but I have never formally responded, nor have I ever expressed my liking for Shizun.”
Lin Queli only felt that his whole body was about to burn, but he still held Helan Xue’s hand. “Shizun… no, Helan Xue, I also like you very much. After I ‘died’ before, I was very scared at the thought that I would never see you again, so I… came back.”
He scratched his head. “At that time, I wasn’t sure if you really liked me, so I was still thinking that even if you didn’t like me, it was okay. We have a long time…”
Helan Xue froze in place.
He thought to himself, the bright moon and stars in the sky must have fallen into Lin Queli’s eyes, otherwise how could he see everything of his in those eyes.
Later, he thought, perhaps because this was his bright moon and starlight, which had illuminated his thousand-year-long river of time.
Lin Queli lowered his head. “A-anyway, that’s it! I love… love you very much. Today you said I was your Daoist partner, and I’m very happy.”
The next moment, Lin Queli was held tightly in Helan Xue’s arms.
Helan Xue held him in his arms and closed his eyes with satisfaction. “Me too.”
Lin Queli patted Helan Xue’s back and said complainingly, “You have to say it too! Don’t take advantage of me.”
“A’Li, I also love you very much.”
A short sentence, spoken with solemnity and cherish.
Helan Xue said in a hoarse voice, “I thought…”
He paused and did not finish.
But Lin Queli belatedly understood Helan Xue’s unfinished words. He stood on tiptoe and kissed Helan Xue. “I’m sorry…”
He had not been able to understand Helan Xue’s true feelings and had even made him wait for ten years.
So he felt that he had to make it clear, otherwise if something went wrong with the ceremony tomorrow, at least he would have no regrets.
Lin Queli said, “If I die again tomorrow, Shizun, don’t be sad. I will definitely find a way to come back!”
The System had, after all, promised him that it was possible to be rebuilt, but his true soul would not be scattered.
“There will be no mistakes.” Helan Xue returned with an even more lingering kiss. He would protect Lin Queli this time.
The heavenly dao had given them enough tribulations. It was time for the bitterness to end and the sweetness to come.
At this moment, the night sky was ironed out into a flowing river of stars by the lanterns. Those lanterns passed through the spiritual swords in the sky, and the thin-as-cicada’s-wing mulberry paper met with the solemn and majestic spiritual swords in the sky, and even the cold light of the spiritual swords softened a lot.
Then those lanterns continued to rise, heading for a farther place.
The bright light in the sky was like day, and in the high tower, lovers embraced and kissed.