Chapter 101 – The Black Ox Departs (2/2)

I await for you beyond the Nine Heavens, for the time when you stand beside me.

The top of the Ice Sword cliff was empty. There was no vegetation at all, only ice and snow. The layer of clouds pressed down above his head, with huge flakes of snow falling down before they could form beautiful crystals. The wind whistled, like it was sobbing.

On the boundary between the Dragon province and the Green province, people sometimes felt like they had nothing apart from a distant, unreachable dream. There would only be an icy-cold body in their arms, tears frozen and the heart numb from the severe cold. The loneliness of the entire world would surge into their hearts.

Something touched him gently. He looked back and saw Xiao An. The two balls of blood-red flames burned even in the endless wind and snow, wanting to give him some warmth, telling him that he was not alone.

Gu Yanying emerged from the snowstorm and said in surprise, “What happened?” She also used a violet talisman, breaking out of the Soaring Dragon Elder’s World Cage and rushing to the icy cliff. However, right before she arrived, the Soaring Dragon Elder’s aura completely vanished. It was wiped from the world cleanly.

Li Qingshan held Xuanyue’s cold corpse. He did not answer. He did not know how to answer.

Gu Yanying even felt tinges of fear. A Golden Core elder had just vanished without reason. This probably could shake up the entire Green province.

Did that person from the Umbral Yin sect interfere? No, it couldn’t be. Even if Soul Nascence cultivators had the ability to kill Golden Core masters, it was impossible for them to do it so silently. Even an ant knew how to put up a struggle, let alone a Golden Core cultivator.

Was it related to him? Gu Yanying glanced at Li Qingshan before shaking her head, as Li Qingshan was just too weak. If he had a terrifying background, why was his cultivation still like this, still a daemonic beast who had yet to condense a daemon core? Among Qi Practitioners, he would only be at the fourth or fifth layer.

Even with her extraordinary intellect, her brain was in a mess. Everything that happened tonight was just too strange.

“You should give her to me!”

Li Qingshan said, “I promised that I would take her to the Dragon province.”

Gu Yanying said, “That’s no good place to take her. It’s better if she returns to her master’s side.”

Li Qingshan said, “It’s her final wish.”

“Final wish? But she’s still alive?” The corner of Gu Yanying’s lips twitched.

“What!” Li Qingshan was shocked. He checked Xuanyue’s pulse in a hurry, but there really was no pulse. He looked at Gu Yanying in doubt.

Gu Yanying swung the fan in her hand at the sky, and a tornado rushed into the sky. The tornado pierced a great big hole in the thick layer of low-hanging clouds. The silvery-blue moonlight, just like a waterfall, seemed like a beacon that fell from the sky.

It landed on the Ice Sword cliff, on Xuanyue’s body. The surroundings continued to roar with wind and snow, but that small region became tranquil and serene.

Her body shone with a silvery-blue light. Gradually, it became brighter and brighter. Her eyelashes seemed to tremble.

Under Li Qingshan’s shocked gaze, Xuanyue slowly opened her eyes. “Where’s this?” Blinking them, she looked around. “This is… the Ice Sword cliff!”

Li Qingshan could feel her body gradually regain some warmth in his arms. He was taken aback. “What’s this all about?”

Gu Yanying said, “The nine-lives cat daemon’s rubbish innate ability.”

Xuanyue said, “Gu, you’re the rubbish!”

Gu Yanying said, “In a state of death, it’s impossible to put up any resistance at all. Even ordinary people will butcher you and extract your daemon core. If it’s not rubbish, what is it? This time, it was all thanks to… this person.” She was uncertain whether to refer to him as Li Qingshan. He had transformed like this, so he might not want other people to know about his human name!

Xuanyue said, “Big Blacko, did you really bring me up here?”

Big Blacko? The corner of Gu Yanying’s lips curled up.

Li Qingshan fell silent for a moment before roaring out, “You bastard, why didn’t you tell me earlier!?” You made me heart-broken for nothing for so long!

Xuanyue said, “Meowhahahaha. Didn’t I tell you? I won’t die.”

Li Qingshan exhaled deeply. He did not want to pay anymore attention to her, but he felt indescribable joy inside.

At this moment, Xuanyue noticed the two crystalline, frozen tear streaks on Li Qingshan’s face. Her heart was tugged as she extended her hand and touched his face. “Big Blacko, you cried?”

Li Qingshan said, “Don’t flatter yourself. It’s just snow.”

Xuanyue moved closer to Li Qingshan’s face. “Hehe, don’t be so embarrassed. It’s very normal for a pet to cry for his meowster. Oh right, you’ve agreed to call me meowster, so call me that! Call me that!”