Xu Liang clenched his fist. "No good! Not good at all! It was just some small favors. She tricked me into marriage in the first place. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be in all this trouble. I even had my cultivation suppressed because of it!"
"I must earn enough money as soon as possible to terminate the contract with her and get a divorce! From now on, we'll go our separate ways!"
"Okay. Keep it up." Xu Yi patted her shoulder and offered a word of encouragement.
Xu Liang immediately deflated, "Actually, she wasn't that bad. She's usually a very timid person, but when she encountered a zombie, she dared to pounce on it so that I could run away faster."
Xu Liang became indignant again, "Mortals are so fragile and stupid! They knew I was a powerful celestial master, yet they still dared to try and save me. A zombie pierced her chest. I had to run to the underworld seven or eight times to get her back. And now I have to work for the underworld for free for a thousand years. What a huge loss!"
"I've had enough! I must divorce her! How can I marry a mortal? As a rare and exceptional medical cultivator, I'm destined to ascend to the upper realm and help all people. I can't abandon my path for her!"
"Hmm. That makes sense. Junior sister is very rational."
“But, but… she’s just a mortal. She’s already so pitiful. No one has ever cared for her since she was a child. I’ve been with her for decades, and it seems like…” Xu Liang sighed deeply. “Senior sister, I don’t know what to do.”
The two got together to talk about relationships. One was a ruthless sword cultivator, and the other was a cold-hearted healer. They talked for a long time but couldn't come up with anything.
"If only my third junior sister were here. She cultivates the Path of Affection, so she must understand emotions better than us." Xu Liang suddenly felt a little envious. He had known that she also cultivated the Path of Affection, but it was not convenient to cultivate medical skills. A doctor has the well-being of all living beings in his heart, but he cannot be overly kind.
Xu Yi looked at Xu Liang with a complicated expression, her gaze making Xu Liang feel uneasy.
"Senior sister, what's wrong?"
"Don't you know?"
"Know what?"
"The cultivation process of the Path of Passion?"
"I know. With one sincere heart, you can exchange for three thousand sincere hearts. By passing through three thousand heavenly tribulations, you can attain enlightenment and ascend to immortality."
Their junior sister, Xu Shang, cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness, so how could she not know the cultivation methods of the Path of Passion?
"Do you know that Xu Shang has only cultivated one true heart all these years?"
"One? Didn't she say she only needed one more?"
"She's been deceived. How could the Sect Master of the Joyful Union Sect be someone to be trifled with? Xu Shang provoked her the first time, and for the next two thousand eight hundred times, he was just encountering the same person. In my opinion, the Sect Master of the Joyful Union Sect has no intention of letting her go, and Xu Shang's hopes of attaining enlightenment are probably dashed. It's just a pity that she's been kept in the dark, still thinking that all she lacks is a sincere heart. Ha."
"..." Xu Liangzhen didn't know about this and suddenly felt sorry for his junior sister.
So all those people who've been chasing each other for tens of thousands of years are the same person?
The risk is too great; she should continue practicing medicine.
"Then, Senior Sister, how exactly do you plan to resolve your issues with Patriarch Gu?" Xu Liang told Xu Yi what Xiao Ye had instructed her to do.
"I heard the penalty for breach of contract is very high, Senior Sister... You should go back quickly. Patriarch Gu has heavy responsibilities and she also has her own helplessness. Just like my husband, she... never mind, let's not talk about her, it's too upsetting."
Xu Yi was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, but suddenly she started to hug her knees and bury her head in them.
"Am I being too willful?" Xu Yi asked Xu Liang.
Xu Liang thought for a long time before answering seriously, "From your perspective, it's not being willful. After all, the head of the Gu family really went too far. In your vows, you said you would live and die together, share joys and sorrows, and never abandon each other. But when she encountered danger, she went to the front herself and pushed you away. You must be very heartbroken."
"Hmm," Xu Yi responded sullenly, somewhat agreeing. "And from her perspective?"
“Then I think Patriarch Gu is somewhat wronged.” Xu Liang, enduring his senior sister’s murderous aura, continued, counting on his fingers, “Look at Patriarch Gu, what kind of person is she? A powerful being at the half-step True God level. The first time, she lost a whole realm to save you. The second time, she was saving Tianyan City, and you happened to be there recuperating from serious injuries, so she damaged her soul. The third time, when they encountered a killing formation in the secret realm, she sacrificed herself to protect you. Although you stopped her, you both lost half your lives.”
"The fourth time was the battlefield between immortals and demons. To save you, the Gu family head was injured and lost an arm. Fortunately, she had already cultivated a divine soul, otherwise she would have been crippled. The fifth time was during the demon rebellion. The Gu family head sacrificed her cultivation to go to the demons and exchange you for them. Although she used a scheme to wipe out the rebellious demons in the end, it cannot be denied that she sacrificed her cultivation for you."
"The sixth time, our junior sister ran away from home. Our master also disappeared. The seven major sects joined forces with the demons to besiege our Cangyun Sect from within and without. It was Patriarch Gu who led the Gu family disciples to rescue us."
"The seventh time, you were poisoned. With the war between immortals and demons imminent, it was the head of the Gu family who took care of you personally and tested the medicine for you."
"The eighth time, the Gu family head fell, and the mortal Miss Gu was born for the first time. You disguised yourself as a Taoist boy and stayed by her side, but you encountered bandits. Miss Gu was afraid that you would fall into the hands of the bandits and be humiliated, so she took you with her and jumped off a cliff."
"Hey!" Xu Liang's eyes lit up. "Senior sister, she didn't push you away every time. Look... the eighth time you both died!"
“I remember this time very clearly. I was the one who buried your two bodies. We buried them together, and I even helped put up a tombstone. You complained that my handwriting was bad, so you wrote the words on the tombstone yourself.”
Xu Yi looked at her joyful expression and felt a mix of emotions.
A note from the author:
We need to help Xu Yi resolve her inner conflicts, and also let the Gu family head know Xu Yi's suffering. For cultivators, death is an easy thing, but the living suffer greatly.
Chapter 110
When Xu Liang left, Xu Yi still hadn't figured it out.
She wanted to go back and see that both Gu Jingjun and Gu Yueyue would be saddened by her departure.
But now that she's gone back, her plan won't work.
She had to make Miss Gu understand just how much harm giving up her life in front of her lover could cause to the other person.
“I won’t go back! Unless she realizes her mistake, I will remain here forever. Even if the sky falls, I will not leave.”
Xu Liang pouted, "If you don't want to go out, then don't go out. Why are you yelling at me?"
Xu Liang carefully examined the face she had transformed into after taking the disguise pill. Although she said she wouldn't go, her body was fully prepared.
"Then you can rest here, Senior Sister. I'll head down the mountain first." Xu Liang has been busy lately.
The changes at Cangshan were noticed not only by their department, but also by some unscrupulous individuals who sensed the evil aura emanating from the place. They were eager to investigate, believing that if they could transform the evil aura into their own advantage, they would be well on their way to instant success.
Of course, these are indeed delusions, but those people don't know that. It's just their desire for evil power that keeps them running here relentlessly.
Xu Liang's task was to stop those people and, incidentally, eliminate the evil cultivators among them.
After a moment of silence, as Xu Liang was descending the mountain, Xu Yi said, "Go and see Miss Gu on the way. You...you can comfort her."
"..."
Xu Liang turned around and stared quietly at his senior sister, making Xu Yi's face flush. She stiffened her neck and explained, "Don't overthink it. I just don't want her to be too sad because of me. I want to repay her for saving my life."
"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Liang nodded repeatedly. "I understand. I'll go and take a look."
"Okay, you can go now. I want to be alone for a while." Xu Yi sighed softly and continued to sit on the stone bed with her knees drawn up to her chest.
Xu Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief and could leave in peace.
She was gone for three days, and returned on the fourth day.
As soon as they entered the cave, Xu Yi grabbed her wrist impatiently.
"How is she?"
“She woke up three days ago and didn’t eat or drink for three days. She found me early this morning. It seems that the Gu family head already knows about your faked death.” Xu Liang looked at Xu Yi reproachfully. “Senior sister, I told you that your trick wouldn’t work. She would have realized what was going on after her grief.”
"Nonsense. I'm not really going to die. I'm just using this to let her understand my feelings. If she doesn't know I'm not dead, wouldn't she be really sad?" Xu Yi deliberately threw herself into the formation because her body was the reincarnation of this life. Even if it was gone, her original body was still here and wouldn't cause her any harm.
She wanted to provoke Gu Jingjun, not actually want to cause a life-or-death separation between them.
Xu Liang didn't understand this kind of thing. He just felt that the twists and turns of relationships were too troublesome. He thought it would be better to use that time to catch more evil spirits to make money and to research more new medicines to save people.
"So, do you want to make her sad, or do you not want to make her sad?"
"I want to make her sad, but I don't want her to be too sad."
I don't understand, it's too confusing.
"Senior Sister, Patriarch Gu has come to Cangshan with me. Do you want to see her?"
"Why did you bring her here?" Xu Yi released her wrist, almost getting angry at this junior sister.
Xu Liang scratched his fingers, too afraid to speak.
She's just a worker trying to earn money; she's completely innocent. Why is everyone trying to pick a fight with her?
"Since she's already here, are you going to see her or not?"
Xu Yi was somewhat tempted, but glanced at the entrance of the cave. "I won't see her! She's already come to Cangshan. If she really wanted to see me, could a mere protective spirit array stop her? I doubt she really wants to see me."
"Oh. I understand." Xu Liang suddenly realized and ran out of the cave.
At the foot of Cangshan Mountain, Gu Jingjun stood under a tree with a pale face and her eyes slightly closed, her divine sense monitoring the movements of Cangshan Mountain.
She feared that her hasty arrival would force Xu Yi to leave.
Xu Liang arrived in a hurry. Gu Jingjun looked toward the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations and saw Xu Liang flying through the air.
"Junior Sister Xu Liang, is she... alright?"
"He's doing well. His complexion is rosy and he looks quite healthy. When he was scolding you, he spoke clearly, his logic was sound, and his words were expressed with intonation."
"..." Gu Jingjun couldn't help but chuckle, "Did you see me?"
"Senior sister is still angry. It seems like she doesn't want to see you... right?"
"Hmm?" Gu Jingjun knew that this junior sister was different from ordinary people in some ways, so she asked, "What exactly did Xiao Xu say?"
Xu Liang followed suit and repeated everything Xu Yi had said.
Gu Jingjun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile gradually appeared on her face.
"Thank you very much, Second Junior Sister." Gu Jingjun said, and then hurried towards the Cangshan Cave.
Xu Liang quickly stopped her, "Are you just going up like this? Senior sister hasn't said she wants to see you yet."
“She didn’t say, but she’s waiting for me to go up.” Gu Jingjun’s mood improved, so he explained to her, “A mere protective spirit array can’t stop me. If I really wanted to see her, I should have broken through the array to see her.”
Xu Liang scratched his head. "Really? You're not lying to me, are you? If my senior sister doesn't want to see you, but I let you in anyway, she'll definitely not forgive me."
"No," Gu Jingjun said, both amused and exasperated, then patiently added, "Let me pass."
Xu Yi walked around the cave for a few steps, brushed her hair, and straightened her clothes.
As a result, half a cup of tea's time had passed, and the protective array had not made a sound at all.
"Did she leave because I made her angry?" Xu Yi felt a little uneasy. Her act of faking her death was indeed very excessive.
Xu Yi released her divine sense and saw her second junior sister desperately trying to stop Gu Jingjun at the foot of the mountain.
Gu Jingjun was injured and her spiritual energy was somewhat depleted. She also couldn't use her secret techniques, as those techniques would either kill or injure her if they were used. It wasn't worth using them on her own people, so Gu Jingjun was having a hard time fighting her.
Xu Liang argued vehemently, "Senior Sister said she won't see you! I can't let you go up!"
After waiting for ages, Xu Yi from the mountain still hadn't appeared: "..."
Xu Liang suddenly received a telepathic message from her senior sister, who told her to hurry down the mountain and attend to her own business.
"It's alright, senior sister. I'm not busy lately. Besides, no matter how busy I am, I can't ignore you."