Legend of the Great Sage

don’t feel too well, so please forgive my rudeness.” Fu Qingjin sat in bed and clasped his hands with a smile.

“I don’t have to worry then, seeing how you are fine.
Swords can break, but the heart cannot.
Don’t worry.
Even if I have to do everything that I can, I’ll help you recover your cultivation.
You can accept these pills for now.”

Ji Xuanri patted Fu Qingjin on the shoulder and took out many porcelain bottles.
They were all pills and medicines at the apex of the world, not just bestowed upon him by the Sword Collection palace, but also from Ji Xuanri’s personal supply.

“Thank you, first senior brother.”

Yu Zijian warmed up inside.
In her eyes, this care and concern for one another exactly happened to be the charm of the Sword Collection palace, while the first senior brother right before her was a spitting example of this.
Swords might have been devoid of emotion, but people had emotions.

Fu Qingjin nodded gently, but he did not open the sumeru ring.
Yu Zijian helped him accept the pills in a hurry.

Fu Qingjin suddenly said, “Senior brother, I want to go out for a stroll.”

“Right now?” Ji Xuanri said in surprise.

“My body is like a set of ruins.
I can use this opportunity to comprehend the Green Ruins swords intent.
When I was injured last time, my cultivation progressed drastically.”

“No.
It’s too dangerous,” said Ji Xuanri.

“It’s fine.
I have Zijian to protect me.
The Dark Queen probably won’t come again.
This is a path of slaughter, the path of the sword, so how can I go without facing any danger at all?” Fu Qingjin was extremely feeble, but his eyes were extremely determined.

“Alright then!” Ji Xuanri considered it for a good moment before still agreeing in the end.
He left behind another stack of talismans.
“Though, it’s best if you recover first.
I’m not going to disturb your rest then.”

When Ji Xuanri stepped out of the door, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked back.
He gave Fu Qingjin and Yu Zijian another gentle smile before flying off on his sword.

Fu Qingjin tailed Ji Xuanri with his eyes as he vanished.
Yu Zijian beside him said in praise, “First senior brother is such a good person!” 

“Yeah.”

Fu Qingjin nodded.
Before last night, he also believed that.
Ji Xuanri had basically been the figure of an elder brother to his junior brothers and sisters, but now, he felt a hint of doubt.
Was everything really as it seemed on the surface?

“Senior brother, when do we set off?” Yu Zijian asked.

“Right now,” said Fu Qingjin.

“We’re in such a hurry?” Yu Zijian was surprised.

“I can’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity.
Can you protect me, Zijian?” Fu Qingjin smiled.

“I can!” Yu Zijian’s eyes shone brightly.

Fu Qingjin gazed at the woman before him with a smile.
She had gone from weak to strong, while her thoughts had become much sharper and more mature too, but there always just seemed to be something that had not changed.
He glanced at the Violet Clouds swords behind her and thought to himself, I will protect you too, even if it costs me this life of mine.

“Let’s go!”

Yu Zijian took out a tiny, delicate paper boat and tossed it into the air gently.
The paper boat expanded to the size of a regular boat, hovering in the air.
Yu Zijian carefully helped Fu Qingjin onto the boat.

“This must be a machine by the mohists! Where did you get it from?” Fu Qingjin asked curiously.

“A friend from the Clear River prefecture gave it to me.
It’s very interesting, isn’t it? Lie down well, senior brother.
We’re setting off!” Yu Zijian sat down on the nose of the boat, and the boat glided down from the mountain peak, delivered into the distance by the mountain gales.

On the Heaven Leaning peak, Ji Xuanri watched all of this unfold, waving his hand with a smile.
Only when the small boat left the Sword Collection palace did his smile gradually fade away.
He said without looking back, “Mother, Qingjin seems to have sensed it.”

“If he’s sensed it, then let him sense it! They’re still incapable of changing anything.” The Light Queen leaned against a pillar, standing in the shade.
“If it weren’t for that Li Qingshan, would you really have let that bitch go?”

Ji Xuanri smiled.
“The Umbral Yin sect is not our enemy!”

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