Living up to you Chapter 31 part 1

Chapter 31 part 1

As the sun rises, the moon falls, the stars alternated and the lotuses bloomed and withered; another two years has passed.

The immortal realm has been peaceful these past two years. The biggest upcoming event was Cangjia’s supremo Cang Yu’s three thousandth birthday. Cang Yu had always been someone low-key. If it was not something important, he rarely made an appearance in the immortal realm. Even the last Four Immortals’ Association, he sent his disciples in his place. It was rumored in the immortal realm that his cultivation was greatly damaged because he wanted to save his great disciple Feng Shu. He had secluded himself and cultivated for several years. This birthday mustered large forces and many invitations were sent, causing one to wonder if he had other intentions.

After receiving the invitations, every sect tidied the affairs of their sect and went happily.

It was a rare occurrence for Cangjia Mountain to be bustling. The disciples of each peak had been busy for a whole month. They especially cleaned up Qing Lian’s Shuimai Peak to be the location to celebrate the birthday. Qing Lian and Qing Nian were busy with their disciples. Qing Kui hid far away at Tianmai Peak. He would practice sword with Ling Xi, have dinner with Ling Xi and tease Ling Xi. He spent his days very relaxed.

This afternoon, the autumn breeze was cool and the fall was colorful.

At this time, either Qing Kui was practicing four hours of sword with Ling Xi or fighting four hours with Ling Xi. Day after day, he saw that Ling Xi’s swordsmanship was getting better and better and her spiritual power was also rising rapidly.

“Look out!” Qing Kui held Xiangyin and smiled. He looked at the empty space on Ling Xi’s shoulder and stabbed there.

Ling Xi backed and retreated with the wind to the sea of lotuses. She threaded the flower branch lightly and used her strength to evade the sword. Qing Kui stabbed into emptiness, laughed and turned around, but when he saw the face of the person opposite of him, his laughter unconsciously stopped.

Today, Ling Xi wore a lilac gauze dress. Her hair was put randomly into a bun. In her hand was the Bingling sword that Cang Yu gave her. The moment he turned around, wind blew up. The sky was covered with the petals of lotuses. Ling Xi’s black hair floated with her lilac dress. Bingling sword seemed to have gathered the spirits aura of the heaven and earth. She seemed like an elf that walked out of a flower, making Qing Kui froze on spot and looked at how her sword aimed at him, but he didn’t dodge nor block.

Bingling sword was about to pierce a big hole into Qing Kui’s neck, but he still watched Ling Xi without moving. Ling Xi slanted her sword, frowned and said, “Senior brother Qing Kui, you are distracted again.”

“Hehe…,” Juisheng laughed on Qing Kui’s waist.

Qing Kui immediately regained his senses and quickly took hold of Ling Xi who was about to leave, “Eh, eh, eh, Ling little Xi, I didn’t lose!”

Ling Xi put down the sword, “Juisheng can be the witness. If it wasn’t because I slanted the sword just now, you would’ve lost your neck on my sword.”

“That is right, that is right, lecherous…,” Juisheng hasn’t finished yet. His gourd mouth was covered by Qing Kui again.

“Wrong, wrong.” Qing Kui shook his head proudly and took out what was in his hand. “I have won before that.”

Ling Xi looked at the thing in his hand and looked left and right at her long hair. Sure enough, there was a cut.

Qing Kui unconsciously wrapped the black hair in his hand and put it in his sleeve. He smiled and said, “Although, your brain had gotten a lot more intelligent these past two years and your spiritual power also rose rapidly, but as your senior brother, I have cultivated a thousand years more than you. Can I still be defeated by you?”

“Then, my dear senior brother Qing Kui who had cultivated a thousand years more than me, can you tell me why to this day, I still can’t cultivate an immortal body?” Ling Xi laughed softly. The eyes that fell on Qing Kui were very clear.

Qing Kui coughed twice. He said, “This…senior brother naturally has my own thought on this, but it needs to be verified.”

Well, actually…he had to admit, he also didn’t know!

Two years ago, Ling Xi’s spiritual power that seemed to have been stored for many years suddenly surged. These past two years, she practiced day and night and worked very hard. Under normal circumstance, with only her inexplicable spiritual power, she should’ve been able to cultivate an immortal body. Unfortunately…

“Haha, you should ask master about this matter! It happened that he wants to see you today!” Qing Kui pulled Ling Xi on a cloud. He secretly muttered in his heart. He also didn’t know why he didn’t want to tell Ling Xi that he also didn’t know. Even a thick-skinned person like him would have a time that he would be afraid to lose face…

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Cang Yu rarely met with outsider ever since he came back from Donghua Mountain two years ago. The one he saw the most among the disciples was Ling Xi. Qing Kui and the others only thought that after the battle with high-tiered deity Donghua, he had been seriously injured and cultivated till this day. However, Cang Hai and Cang Qu saw that something was wrong with just one glance.

Originally, he had covered the fact that he had passed a thousand year of cultivation to Ling Xi. Others wouldn’t easily discover that. However, after the battle with high-tiered deity Donghua, Cang Yu didn’t even have time to take care of himself. Hence, he also didn’t have much energy left to bother with what his junior brothers thought.

When Ling Xi went to see Cang Yu, Cang Hai happened to come out of Cang Yu’s room. He glared once fiercely at her.

“Master,” When Ling Xi saw Cang Yu, she knelt and paid her respect.

Cang Yu lay on the couch. His face looked haggard, but his eyes were clear. He let Ling Xi get up.

“How is your cultivation recently?” Cang Yu asked.

Ling Xi frowned and said, “Master, Ling Xi had tried my best and also noticed the surging power in my body, but I’m unable to use it. Senior brother Qing Kui also said that with my cultivation, I should’ve cultivated an immortal body long ago, but…”

Ling Xi was stumped for words. She had failed to meet master’s efforts.

Cang Yu coughed twice and slowly said, “Perhaps it is because the cultivation I gave you hasn’t integrated with your own cultivation yet. No need to hurry.”

Hearing him say that, Ling Xi felt even more ashamed. Although, master didn’t say how many years of cultivation he gave her, but it must be many. Otherwise, she wouldn’t make such rapid progress these past two years.

“Moreover, someone had put a seal on your body.” Cang Yu faintly swept over Ling Xi and said, “Originally, you are still young. This master didn’t want to say too much to you, but master is already old…”

Ling Xi was still puzzled when Cang Yu mentioned that someone put a seal on her body. When she heard his last sentence, her heart trembled. She quickly knelt, “Master is an immortal, how could you get old? If it was because Ling Xi that master’s life became threatening, Ling Xi would rather master take back the cultivation you gave me.”

Cang Yu sighed and helped Ling Xi get up. “Ling Xi, remember clearly what master will say to you today.”

“Eight years ago when Feng Shu brought you up the mountain, you only had two immortal parts and three mortal parts.” Cang Yu stared fixedly at Ling Xi and said in a deep voice, “I heard that you have a big brother in the mortal realm. I don’t know who he is, but he must be a very able person and his spiritual power is no less than this master’s. That you were able to grow till ten years smoothly must be because he used spiritual power to raise you. After Feng Shu brought you to the mountain, he used his cultivation to supplement your soul. Although, you gave some to your immortal spirit, it was barely enough to patch up your three immortal parts and seven mortal parts. The pill that I had Xue Ran gave you two years ago before you went to Donghua Mountain also contained a thousand years of cultivation from me and helped harmonize your three immortal parts.”

Ling Xi’s heart sank with every word Cang Yu spoke. Her nose became itchy.

“Your destiny and Feng Shu’s are similar. Both of you only have one lifetime. The previous life couldn’t be seen and the future life couldn’t be pried into.” Cang Yu continued, “You seem to grow slowly like ordinary people, but there are traces of a seal in your body. It could be seen that you are not as simple as being the Ling Xi of these eighteen years.”

Ling Xi recalled that when she called her name by the River of Forgetfulness in the netherworld, no memories of her past life floated up. It turned out that it wasn’t because she didn’t have the memories, but it was because she has no past life.

“You have the ability to let ten thousand snow lotuses bloom. Ling Xi…” Cang Yu pondered for a while before he continued, “I always felt guilty about Feng Shu. I didn’t make it up to him yet when I killed him personally. Because of this, I took my anger out on you and suspected that you are a demon. Even to this day, I still don’t know what secrets are hidden in you.”

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