kingnovel Chapter 638 We're waiting for you to come out
Chapter 638 We're waiting for you to come out
“Junior Brother Gu, without the sect leader’s or the Grand Elder’s warrant, no one is allowed to enter to see Junior Sister Jiang. Please forgive us and go back.”
This was the thirty-second time the guarding disciple had refused Gu Chengxue's request to enter. Almost every time Gu Chengxue returned injured to report, he would come here hoping to see Jiang Liqian.
But they had lives on their hands, so they couldn't let them pass.
When Gu Chengxue heard that Jiang Liqian had been imprisoned in the Xuanlei Valley, a forbidden area of the Tianqian Sect, he immediately wanted to see how she was doing. However, he was caught between the sect's orders, the fierce battle between immortals and demons, the rescue efforts of immortal disciples, and the escort of civilians. He was almost overwhelmed and could only manage to come here during the short time he had to report back. But he was always stopped outside.
He tried several times to beg Sect Leader Qingzhi to let him into Xuanlei Valley, but he could never get a chance to see him.
"She's been locked up inside for seven months, can't she be released yet? What terrible mistake did she make to deserve such severe punishment?"
"This..." The guards looked at each other in bewilderment.
They were merely ordered to guard the area, and naturally didn't know the specifics.
Gu Chengxue was unable to see Jiang Liqian, and his anxiety grew. Although he didn't want to think that way, he was really afraid that she wasn't just locked up, but that something had happened to her.
He couldn't wait any longer; he had to see her alive and well today!
"Get out of my way. I'll take responsibility for whatever crime I'm guilty of. I'm going in today!" Gu Chengxue's voice was cold.
Although the guards respected his status as the chief disciple of the Sacrificial God Sect, they were not to be trifled with. Even if a big shot from the Heavenly Dry Sect came, let alone the Sacrificial God Sect, they would only say this one thing.
Gu Chengxue knew that if he didn't fight them today, he wouldn't be able to get in. He had already drawn his sword with his right hand, and the two sides were about to clash.
Just as Gu Chengxue was about to draw his sword, a loud shout stopped him.
"stop!"
Gu Chengxue frowned and turned his head, a dangerous glint flashing across his handsome face.
Xu Zisheng hurriedly jumped off the back of the eagle, grabbed his shoulder, and said with a grim face, "Gu Chengxue, are you out of your mind? So many disaster victims are waiting for you to coordinate their relocation, and now you're here acting crazy?"
Gu Chengxue coldly shook off his hand, completely ignoring him.
Yes, the people ravaged by the demons are important, but right now he's only thinking about whether Jiang Liqian is in trouble, and he can't get that thought out of his mind.
Xu Zisheng was furious when he saw him like this.
What nonsense about the chief disciple of the Sacrificial God Sect and the future of the cultivation world!
"Fine, go ahead and act all high and mighty here. I'm going to tell your master right now what his good disciple has done! He doesn't care about his fellow disciples, he doesn't care about the disaster victims, he doesn't care about the demons, and instead he's come here to fight with the disciples of the Tianqian Sect. Let's see if he'll expel you from the sect and regret having a disciple like you!"
"You!" Gu Chengxue gripped her sword tightly, her face turning from pale to ashen, then back to black, before finally turning away and coldly uttering, "Do as you please!"
Xu Zisheng was so angry he almost vomited blood.
He cursed, "Gu Chengxue, someone like you, do you think Li Qian will like you? Look at Xuan Ling, he's also a disciple of the sect leader. He's working himself to the bone on the front lines, defending against the enemy, evacuating the people, and fighting to the death against the demons. And what are you doing here, indulging in your love affairs? Do you think Li Qian would act the same way you do if she were you?"
"If you dare to lay a finger on a Tianqian Sect disciple today, believe me, when she comes out, she'll be the first to beat you until you vomit blood. She will never forgive you!"
Gu Chengxue's body stiffened. He opened his mouth as if to retort, but a snowflake suddenly fell from the sky and melted on his eyelid. The icy chill instantly penetrated his skin. He stood there stunned for a long time before blinking and shaking off the teardrop.
Yes, he had no choice.
She disregarded even the only trump card she held in her hand.
"Fellow Daoists, I apologize for any offense." He sheathed his sword, entered his residence, bowed apologetically, glanced back at the snow-covered Xuanlei Valley one last time, and then turned to leave.
Xu Zisheng let out a deep breath, finally managing to get rid of this big shot.
He was actually very worried about Jiang Liqian. There was no news of her in the cultivation world, and it seemed to fall silent all of a sudden, leaving him feeling inexplicably melancholy and sad.
Knowing he couldn't enter and wouldn't see her, he could only stand outside the valley, unleashing his spiritual power and shouting with all his might into the valley: "Jiang, Li, Qian—"
"We are waiting for you to come out!"
"Don't forget, besides them, you have many other people, your fellow disciples and teachers, and us, your friends. You must come out!"
A mountain breeze blew, and the snow was pristine white.
The echo reverberates in the empty valley, rustling in the distance.
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Spring goes and autumn comes, autumn goes and winter arrives, the cycle repeats itself, time flies by.
Jiang Liqian had lost count of how long she had been inside the Xuanlei Heavenly Cave; she generally only experienced unconsciousness and pain. However, Xuan Yue, who had been by her side the whole time, knew that she had been subjected to lightning punishment for twenty years.
For twenty years, the demonic seed remained stubbornly rooted in her body, and although the growth of the demonic bone had slowed down, it had not stopped.
Over the past twenty years, demons have frequently tried to coerce and entice her into becoming demons, so as to work together from within and without to dismantle the Tianqian Sect.
She could clearly see her pain, hesitation, resentment, and repression—all her negative emotions were clearly visible through that demonic seed.
Even so, she still did not succumb to demonic possession.
Was it really because the heavenly lightning was powerful enough to prevent her from falling into demonic possession?
Xuan Yue disagreed.
A peerless genius who entered the Void Realm in his early twenties.
Even when imprisoned in Xuanlei Valley and invaded by demonic seeds, he could still cultivate using heavenly lightning, and even successfully broke through to the Great Perfection of the Returning Void Realm and reached the Integration Realm.
A young girl who has endured so much torment over the years, yet still manages to talk and joke with me during the lull before the lightning strikes.
If she weren't steadfast in her Daoist beliefs, even stubbornly so, how could she have done this?
But what is her Dao heart? What makes her so convinced that she will move forward step by step, even crawling on her knees?
Xuan Yue tried asking her this question, but Jiang Liqian herself couldn't answer it. She didn't know when it started, but she had forgotten why she had started cultivating immortality.
Is it for the sake of immortality?
Or is it for becoming stronger?
It is both, yet it seems like neither is.
Of course, she also asked Xuan Yue who she was and why she was by her junior brother's side.
Xuan Yue didn't answer the question at first, but as time went by, although the two didn't have many opportunities to talk, they developed a sense of camaraderie and shared hardship.
She told her her story.
“Li Qian, I am not from your little world. I come from another, wider, and more dangerous world.”