CH 47

Feng Ci had absolutely no experience in kissing. In fact, before this, he had never even understood why the lovers of this world liked to use this method to express their love.

It was nothing but a simple touch of skin to skin. What’s so special about it? 

But now, he understood it a bit better.

Pei QianYue’s lips were unexpectedly soft, carrying a slightly cold sensation. Pressing against them gently, he felt an electric shock; a tingling and peasant excitement poured out from the inside of his bones.

Feng Ci only touched those lips fleetingly before parting. When he raised his head again, he saw Pei QianYue’s blank and vacant expression.

How very interesting. 

Feng Ci couldn’t help but laugh and lean in for another kiss.

However, something felt strange this time.

Feng Ci thought briefly and raised his head to ask: “How come you’re not opening your mouth?”

The Pei QianYue inside this illusion still has not left Kunlun Mountains. The furthest place he’s gone to was LangFeng City. Basically, he hasn’t really seen a lot of outsiders. Naturally, he has never seen something like this either.

Too distracted to even continue feeling sorrowful, the little snake’s reddened and watery eyes were full of confusion and bewilderment: “What are you—”

Feng Ci seized the opportunity to kiss him again.

He recalled the scenes he had seen in the past and swept the tip of his tongue slowly across the other’s lips and teeth. Prying them open slightly, he explored inside clumsily but patiently.

Gradually, the person beneath him stopped struggling. 

The hands, which were originally placed in front of Feng Ci and attempting to push him back, also lost their strength. At some point, those palms shifted to rest on Feng Ci’s waist.

Keenly sensing that something felt different, Feng Ci attempted to get up when he was abruptly yanked back by a pair of powerful arms.

The two people’s figures instantly changed positions.

A kiss that was 100 times more vicious pressed over Feng Ci’s lips, overwhelming all of his senses. 

Completely deprived of his initiative and control, Feng Ci felt ice-cold hands clasping around his wrists securely and quashing all possibilities of his escape. His head spun dizzily from the whirlwind momentum of this aggressive kiss. In a daze, he even felt like Pei QianYue wasn’t kissing him, but rather trying to devour him whole.

It wasn’t long before he tasted blood in his mouth.

A second ago, when Feng Ci was in control of the kiss, to him, it felt more like a delightful game where they teased and bullied each other.

But now it was completely different. 

The aggressive and plundering kiss practically left Feng Ci breathless. But regardless of the increasingly thick taste of blood in his mouth or his trapped body which was completely restrained under Pei QianYue’s control— Both brought him an unfamiliar thrill that he has never felt before.

So it’s actually this kind of feeling……

There was complete chaos in Feng Ci’s head. Nevertheless, his body softened unconsciously. The only sound he could hear was the heavy panting next to his ears.

He didn’t even know if it was his or Pei QianYue’s. 

The shadows from the trees swayed. The hazy moonlight spilled downward between the gaps of the forest, illuminating the figures of this couple, embracing together lovingly and inseparably.

As if sensing Feng Ci’s breathlessness, the wanton and devastating movement between their lips and teeth gradually calmed down, but Pei QianYue still didn’t move away completely. The cool tip of his tongue gently licked Feng Ci’s lips, sweeping away the drop of blood seeping from the tiny cut there.

Feng Ci’s lips were already so numb that they didn’t even seem to belong to himself anymore. He laid on the grass weakly and looked up from beneath his eyelashes: “Are you a dog?”

The person above him paused. A gentle and deep voice spoke: “Very sweet.” 

The other’s eyes were no longer filled with hostility like before. Pei QianYue looked at Feng Ci from above. His gaze was ardent and concentrated, almost rapacious, as if trying to engrave Feng Ci’s current appearance inside his heart.

He caressed Feng Ci’s lips, which were kissed red by him, and said softly: “Master is so beautiful.”

This was the first time Pei QianYue has ‘seen’ him since their reunion.

But very quickly, the light in those eyes dissipated little by little. A black ribbon appeared in front of Pei QianYue’s eyes and covered those stunning eyes. 

Feng Ci felt a bit choked up.

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Feng Ci asked quietly: “Did it hurt?”

Pei QianYue: “What?”

“When he took your eyes,” Eyes dimming, Feng Ci gently brushed his fingertips across the black silk covering Pei QianYue’s eyes: “Did it hurt?”

How could it not hurt? 

Deceived by your most cherished person, who gouged out both of your eyes with his own bare hands, how could it not hurt?

But Pei QianYue only shook his head: “It was okay.”

In fact, it really wasn’t that bad.

The magic that the other had used was very high leveled. Pei QianYue basically only felt a sharp sting to his eyes before he lost his ability to see completely. 

It’s only, at that time, he didn’t get used to using spirit energy to see things yet, so he really did feel somewhat flustered.

Therefore, he had grabbed the other’s sleeve in panic.

“Xiao Hei, release me.” The other’s voice was still gentle, but it was also so cold, it felt like falling into a pool of ice.

Pei QianYue probably will never experience such a dreadful situation again in his life. He felt such pain that he curled up on the stone bed, both eyes still flowing with blood and tears. He grasped the other’s sleeve with pale-white hands, as if holding onto the last life-saving straw. 

“Don’t go.” He pleaded quietly: “I can give you anything. Don’t go.”

The other only sighed.

“But right now I still have other things to do.” The young man pulled his sleeve out of Pei QianYue’s hands little by little and leaned next to his ear to say warmly: “Trust me Xiao Hei. Pretty soon, I will come back. The…… real me.”

“So be good.” 

Pei QianYue returned from his memories and chuckled quietly: “Thinking about it later on, I only felt that I was really such an idiot at that time, to actually be deceived by an empty shell. Perhaps Rong Ji was right. I really did go crazy.”

It’s not that he failed to see the abnormalities at that time, but 3000 years was really too long. So long that it practically made him insane. So long that he recklessly seized the slightest possibility of hope without any regards.

Feng Ci said quietly: “I’m sorry.”

“En, you should feel sorry for me.” However, there was no anger or blame visible on Pei QianYue’s face. He raised his hand to gently brush away Feng Ci’s bangs: “So Master definitely needs to compensate me well.” 

Feng Ci: “Okay.”

Saying this, he lifted his head and gently laid a kiss on Pei QianYue’s lips.

The warm touch departed after a fleeting moment. Pei QianYue was slightly stunned and then he laughed: “That’s it?”

Feng Ci: “……” 

He seriously reflected over why he instantly understood what Pei QianYue meant by that and shifted his gaze away with a guilty conscience: “You get up first.”

Pei QianYue didn’t mind and pulled Feng Ci up from the ground.

Feng Ci finally had time to look around at the surroundings.

The cedar forest that they were in had been upturned completely by their recent battle. Several tree trunks were cut in half down the middle. It’s not an exaggeration to call this place a terrible spectacle. 

Feng Ci looked around in all directions and then tilted his head to gaze at the skies. He asked: “What should we do now?”

According to logic, once the person trapped inside the illusion wakes up, the illusion should vanish automatically. But this place did not. The illusion seemed to have halted at the exact moment of Pei QianYue’s waking. The environment no longer changed. Time has also stopped moving forward.

Not answering, Pei QianYue asked instead: “Why would Master be here?”

Feng Ci said: “I came inside to save you.” 

Pei QianYue heard the implication behind his words and frowned: “You entered here yourself?”

“That’s right.” Feng Ci said with conviction: “What? Only you’re permitted to save me, but I’m not allowed to save you?”

Pei QianYue fell silent.

He paused for a moment then asked: “Master, do you know how to leave the Phantom Spirit Cauldron?” 

Feng Ci answered honestly: “Nope.”

“You—”

Feng Ci said hastily ahead of him: “When you pushed me away and got sucked inside yourself, did you know how to leave here?”

Pei QianYue fell silent again. 

Feng Ci coughed lightly: “No need to worry. The main function of this Phantom Spirit Cauldron is to imprison demons(妖) and monsters(魔). Naturally, it’s different from normal illusions. Breaking through the illusion is only the first layer. What’s more important is breaking through the magic of this weapon itself.”

“En.” Pei QianYue asked: “In other words?”

“In other words……” Feng Ci thought briefly and said seriously: “When the boat reaches the pierhead, it will naturally go straight. Let’s head back first.”

Pei QianYue: “……” 

The two people returned to the original cave.

The cavern was also in complete shambles. In his rage, Pei QianYue had attacked without any regard. If Feng Ci didn’t voluntarily back out of the cavern just now, this entire place might have collapsed under their might.

The two stepped over the broken pieces of stone debris and reached the deep parts of the cavern. They saw the completely lifeless and cold body.

Right now, even seeing a glance of that corpse was enough to make Feng Ci angry. Pei QianYue, however, didn’t feel too concerned with that thing. He scanned in all directions with his senses and shook his head: “This place is not inhabitable anymore. Tonight we might have to spend a night outside in the wild.” 

Feng Ci replied: “That’s fine.”

It’s not the first time he’s lived in the wild. He’s not that delicate.

Pei QianYue went into the deep parts of the cavern to fetch some dried hay to make bedding on the ground. Feng Ci crouched down next to the corpse and then recalled something again: “So after that, you exchanged blows with ‘him’?”

Feng Ci still remembered when they exchanged blows at Broken Sword Manor, the young man said to Pei QianYue that his cultivation had improved greatly compared to 300 years ago. 

Pei QianYue acknowledged him quietly without even looking up: “At that time, I realized that he’s not actually the real master. In fury, I chased after him and before he left LingWu Mountain, I had a fight with him.”

Feng Ci: “And then?”

Of course, he was defeated.

The body puppet had just tricked Pei QianYue into offering a sacrifice to him. Even though he didn’t integrate fully with the body yet, he had already recovered all spiritual powers. 

Simultaneously, Pei QianYue had just lost both of his eyes, so it was very inconvenient for him to move about. Losing to the puppet was extremely normal and expected.

Pei QianYue said: “I was heavily injured. Fortunately, the Sword Saint Rong Ji heard about Master’s waking during the day. Feeling worried, he came to LingWu Mountain to check on things.”

“He saved my life and even brought me back to LangFeng City to heal my injuries.”

The light in Feng Ci’s eyes stirred slightly. 

Pei QianYue has always been a loner. Feng Ci very rarely heard him mentioning other people’s names. However, this former LangFeng City Master… he has brought up many times before, frequently.

In the past, Feng Ci already thought it was a bit strange, but today he finally understood.

This person had saved Pei QianYue’s life.

Pei QianYue was actually a very straightforward person. In his mind, as long as someone is willing to save him when he’s in distress, he’d trust them wholeheartedly. Even when he tried to test Feng Ci’s identity back then, he had pretended to put himself in danger to see if Feng Ci would save him. 

Speaking of which, Feng Ci had merely saved this person’s life back then and that was enough for this person to repay him with 3000 years and a pair of eyes.

The rationale behind this, Feng Ci understood very well. But when he opened his mouth, his tone carried a different flavor that he didn’t even realize himself: “That Rong Ji… treated you pretty well, huh?”

Pei QianYue paused what he was doing.

Subconsciously, he turned his head over. But very quickly, he returned to normal and said nonchalantly: “En, pretty well.” 

The candle light had long been extinguished during their fight. The entire cavern was only illuminated by a very weak moonlight that seeped inside from a small crack above their heads. Pei QianYue stood in the dark. Feng Ci couldn’t see his expression clearly. Naturally, he also didn’t see the inconspicuous smile that appeared on the other’s lips.

Pei QianYue continued to say: “After I recovered completely from my injuries, it was Sword Saint Rong Ji who accompanied me everywhere in search of your physical body’s whereabouts, until the very last moment of his life.”

Feng Ci has heard Pei QianYue talk about this story before.

Rong Ji’s Shidi, the former Discipline Elder of LangFeng Ci, had secretly cursed Rong Ji out of envy and caused him to become severely injured during an encounter with an enemy, resulting in his eventual and unfortunate death. 

Before he died, he had passed the position of LangFeng City Master to Pei QianYue and only then did LangFeng City unite the Six Sects and establish the Immortal Alliance.

So at that time, Rong Ji was accompanying Pei QianYue in search of his physical body.

Feng Ci acknowledged with a gloomy ‘oh’ and didn’t reply.

A shadow fell over Feng Ci. It was Pei QianYue, who had returned holding soft straw mat to be spread on the ground in his arms. He leaned forward slightly: “Master doesn’t seem too happy?” 

“How could that be?” Feng Ci looked away: “If you’re done, then let’s go. Looking at this thing just makes me angry.”

He turned to leave but was held back by Pei QianYue.

“I was only joking with Master just now.” Pei QianYue said: “Rong Ji regarded his sword as his life. The reason he approached me initially was only because he wanted to obtain some forgotten sword arts from me. As for later on, it’s out of respect for Master that he wanted to find out the truth.”

“Why are you explaining this to me?” Feng Ci turned his head, looking away from Pei QianYue: “I didn’t misunderstand anything.” 

Pei QianYue: “No?”

He leaned towards Feng Ci’s direction and took a light whiff: “But I can smell the sour taste in the air.”

Feng Ci: “Feng XiaoHei!”

Pei QianYue hastily straightened up. His voice still carried a hint of amusement: “Not to mention, the people of LangFeng City has never been good at cultivating the Art of Eternal Youth. For example, that Discipline Elder. When I met him 300 years ago, he already looked like that.” 

Rong Ji, was the Discipline Elder’s Shixiong.

The image in Feng Ci’s head instantly changed from a young and handsome, lofty sword cultivator to a wizened old man with white hair.

Feng Ci: “……”

The smile on Pei QianYue’s face practically couldn’t be concealed anymore. The base of his ears burning hot, Feng Ci didn’t even dare to look at him. His gaze randomly flitted around the cavern until it finally landed on the corpse next to his feet. 

“It’s all because of this stupid thing.” Feng Ci raised his palm and gave it a smack. Instantly, the corpse turned into powder under his might.

—Saint Sovereign QianQiu was a very vicious person. When he gets angry, he doesn’t even show mercy to his own body.

Without even looking at the body that he had turned to dust, Feng Ci turned and swiftly walked out of the cavern. On the contrary, Pei QianYue remained standing in the same spot with his head lowered slightly, looking somewhat dazed.

Turned to dust, the corpse very quickly scattered in the wind. Although they were only inside an illusion, to a certain degree, Feng Ci had indeed saved him and helped him get revenge. 

Grinded the bones into dust and scattered it to the wind. Sure enough, Feng Ci had remained true to his promise.

After a while, Feng Ci’s flustered and exasperated voice traveled over from ahead: “What are you spacing out for? Hurry up and get over here already!”

Pei QianYue curbed his thoughts. A smile reappeared at the corners of his lips again: “Coming.”

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Xiao Hei: Tsk tsk, someone’s jealous. Tsk tsk