Uncanny Immortal 113

Chapter 113

“What’s wrong?”

The two people in front of the sand table, hearing Xie Qingzheng’s cry of surprise, suddenly flashed in front of her.

Xie Qingzheng’s face was pale. She looked at the mirror in terror, as if it were an evil object. “The face reflected in this mirror is not mine!”

Mo Jiangxue stood shoulder to shoulder with her and looked down at the surface of the mirror.

Xie Youke picked up the Tianshu Mirror. “Not your face? How is that possible? This is an immortal artifact. Not only can it divine, but it can also reveal the true form of all demons and monsters.”

She turned her head to look at Xie Qingzheng, sizing her up from head to toe.

“I’m real!” Seeing the suspicious look on her face, Xie Qingzheng explained, “I’m definitely not some demon or monster in disguise. And what’s reflected in the mirror is not a demon or a monster! It’s a person!”

She said it with such certainty, as if there were no falsehood. Xie Youke’s face was grave as she held up the Tianshu Mirror and held it in front of Xie Qingzheng.

The fluorescent light on the surface of the mirror flickered, and a clear and elegant face appeared in it.

Xie Qingzheng’s pupils suddenly contracted, and a cold sweat broke out on her back. Her voice suddenly dropped, as if she could not believe what she was seeing. “What… what’s going on?”

Xie Youke’s expression softened a little. She glanced at Xie Qingzheng and, remembering that she had asked to borrow the Tianshu Mirror last time, she said teasingly, “Are you trying to trick me into divining for you?”

A blood-red cinnabar mark, peach-blossom eyes, a fine, straight nose—what was reflected on the surface of the mirror was still her face!

Could it be that it was just her illusion just now?

Where had she gone wrong?

Xie Qingzheng murmured, “But the face reflected in this mirror just now was really not mine!”

Xie Youke put down the mirror and asked, “Then who did you see?”

Xie Qingzheng opened her lips, a look of hesitation on her face. She wanted to say “Xie Fuyun,” but this name was so special to Sect Master Xie.

What if it really was her illusion?

She murmured again, “Anyway, anyway, it wasn’t my own face…”

Xie Youke held the Tianshu Mirror up to her again and said patiently, “Then take another close look.”

Xie Qingzheng looked closely.

The tent was silent for a long while.

After a long time, Xie Youke said, “Do you believe it now?”

Her hand was getting sore from holding it up.

Xie Qingzheng stared at herself in the mirror without blinking. After a long time, her mind began to wander. For a moment, she even felt that the face was a little unfamiliar.

At this time, someone from outside the tent reported that the sect masters of the various sects were coming in to discuss the matter of the attack.

Xie Youke put away the Tianshu Mirror and gently patted Xie Qingzheng’s shoulder. “Go back and rest early.”

In today’s first battle, she had fought with the people of the Ten Directions Domain from noon to evening. She was probably tired.

Xie Qingzheng looked at Mo Jiangxue in a daze.

Mo Jiangxue’s tone was gentle. “You go back first. I’ll come and find you later.”

“Alright…” Xie Qingzheng rubbed her eyes, saluted the two of them, and took her leave. When she lifted the tent flap and came out, she happened to run into Xiao Wangqing. She stepped to the side and bowed in salute. “Sect Master.”

Xiao Wangqing also gently patted her on the shoulder and praised, “You did well today.”

In today’s battle, she had protected the senior sisters in front and had not let the demons of the demonic cult harm a single person from the Xuanji Sect.

The cultivators held a victory banquet on the campsite. Everyone cheered and raised their cups to celebrate the first victory. When Min He saw Xie Qingzheng, she pulled her over to celebrate with them.

She thought of what had just happened, and her mind was in a turmoil. She smiled and declined and went outside the camp alone to feel the night wind.

The air was filled with the aroma of wine. Xie Qingzheng walked alone in the yellow sand desert, vaguely feeling that the aroma of the wine seemed to be mixed with the smell of blood.

She stood on a sand dune, gazing at the excitement in the camp in a daze, and thought, After the Ten Directions Domain is annihilated, will the cultivation world be at peace from now on?

Suddenly, her expression tightened, and she drew the personal sword from her waist.

The tip of the sword pointed at a colorful butterfly flying towards her.

In the great desert, where did a colorful butterfly come from?

The colorful butterfly’s whole body emitted a faint fluorescent light. It flew in the moonlight, swaying, and flew to the blade of Xie Qingzheng’s sword, where it stopped.

Xie Qingzheng saw the appearance of the colorful butterfly clearly and couldn’t help but narrow her eyes slightly.

It was Tanluan’s spirit butterfly.

Was Tanluan nearby?

She looked left and right. Under the moonlight, there was only the yellow sand desert, and the cold wind howled.

Besides their camp, there was no place to hide.

She held the sword in her hand, and the spirit butterfly stayed on her blade, slowly flapping its wings. Under the moonlight, it looked even more beautiful and spiritual.

Back in the Miao region, she had also spent a short period of time with this spirit butterfly. It could send people flowers, do backflips, write, and even turn into a huge moth to carry people in the sky.

In short, it was a very talented butterfly.

Xie Qingzheng shook her sword, unwilling to harm it, and drove it away, “Go back and tell your master to go back to the Miao region. Don’t get involved.”

With a zheng, she sheathed her sword. Xie Qingzheng turned around and walked towards the camp.

The spirit butterfly swayed and swayed, and swayed in front of her, blocking her way.

Xie Qingzheng stopped and frowned. “Be careful you don’t get discovered by them and get roasted and eaten.”

Its wings suddenly stopped flapping, and the whole butterfly seemed to be in a daze for a moment. Then it slowly flew through the air, leaving a trail of fluorescent yellow light. The light formed four characters:

You are Fuyun.

Xie Qingzheng was suddenly stunned. She looked at the few characters, and a tide of memories rushed in. Some hazy images flashed in her mind—

Sword light flashed. In a daze, she seemed to have become another person, holding a sword, and walking towards Tanluan with a murderous aura.

Tanluan looked at her, her face filled with extreme surprise, and her tone even had a hint of joy. “Fuyun, is that you?”

She, like a storm, stabbed at Tanluan three times in a row. Tanluan hid in a light shield and kept saying, “You didn’t have your soul scattered?”

“Is your residual soul parasitic on her?”

“Why are you killing me? I was trying to get them together!”

“Why has your malevolent qi become so heavy?”

“Are we still friends or not?”

In the end, she pierced the light shield on Tanluan’s body with one sword strike, and the blade sank into Tanluan’s left leg. Tanluan let out a muffled grunt, fell to one knee, and pulled at the corner of her mouth, smiling. “For the sake of you not having your soul scattered, I’ll let them go this time…”

A residual soul parasitic on her… not having her soul scattered…

Xie Qingzheng’s eyes flew open. Before her was still the yellow sand desert. She was all alone, with only a lingering spirit butterfly. In the distance, the camp was dotted with firelight, and the sound of cheers came from it.

Her heart was pounding violently, and the hand on the hilt of her sword was trembling slightly. Gradually, she seemed to be unable to hear any external sounds, only hearing a voice echoing in her mind:

Not having her soul scattered, a residual soul is parasitic on her!

No wonder, no wonder these past few days, all the memories that had flashed in her mind were Xie Fuyun’s. No wonder Xie Fuyun’s face had appeared in the Tianshu Mirror…

It was not an illusion. It was not her illusion at all! Tanluan must know more!

Xie Qingzheng said in a hoarse voice to the spirit butterfly, “Take me to her!”

She followed the spirit butterfly all the way to a sand dune. From afar, a few clusters of eerie green ghost fire rushed towards her, as if they were a group of ghost cultivators. She subconsciously pressed her hand on the hilt of her sword and was about to draw it.

Suddenly, she heard two claps. The few clusters of ghost fire retreated, and a woman in a white robe came towards her.

The hem and cuffs of the woman’s robe were embroidered with a karmic fire red lotus. She had silver ornaments hanging from her waist, and a hulusi at her waist. The spirit butterfly flew up leisurely and landed on the woman’s shoulder.

“Little Fellow Daoist Xie, long time no see. How have you been?”

Tanluan came with a smile, her eyes as bright as stars, her beauty exquisite, her charm endless.

Her beautiful eyes seemed to have a hook, and one couldn’t help but stare at her.

Xie Qingzheng looked at her eyes, her feelings complicated. “Senior, it’s been a while.”

Tanluan raised her hand and stopped her with a smile. “Don’t always call me Senior. You’re making me old.”

Xie Qingzheng was in no mood to joke with her and got straight to the point, “Senior, what do you know?”

Tanluan stared at the cinnabar mark between Xie Qingzheng’s brows and also spoke directly, “After I went back, it took me a long time to figure it out. Little Fellow Daoist Xie, there are two souls in your body. One is your own, and the other is Xie Fuyun’s residual soul.”

“This method of soul parasitism, I had found a related record when I took Fuyun to search the tomb of the Ten Directions Domain’s ancestor, Xing Yun. I never thought that she had seen it once and had memorized it.”

Although she had been mentally prepared on the way, the moment Xie Qingzheng heard this, it was still as if she had been struck by lightning. Her ears buzzed, and her heart pounded.

Tanluan: “Your cultivation is lower than mine. By rights, I should be able to sense Fuyun’s aura on you. But when I first met you, I only sensed your master’s spiritual energy on you. I think it was your master who covered it up for you.”

Xie Qingzheng thought of how, before she had become her disciple, Mo Jiangxue had infused a wisp of clear spiritual energy between her brows, covering up the trace of spiritual energy that Xie Fuyun had left on her.

It was at that time that her master had covered up Xie Fuyun’s aura for her.

Tanluan: “Fuyun’s residual soul should be hidden very deep in your spiritual sea, and it is sleeping very soundly. Even Xiao Wangqing and the others can’t see it, and your master probably didn’t see it either. If it weren’t for the fact that your mind was in a mess that day and you had awakened Fuyun’s residual soul, I would never have discovered it in this life.”

“Her residual soul needs your blood qi and spiritual energy to nourish it. The more spiritual energy you have, the faster her shattered residual soul can be reassembled. Of course, if there is a Seven Star Soul-Gathering Lamp, then her soul can be quickly repaired.”

The Seven Star Soul-Gathering Lamp, an ancient immortal artifact, had an unparalleled ability to extend life, gather souls, and heal.

Tanluan: “I was wondering why Xie Youke was in such a hurry to lead her people to attack the Ten Directions Domain. She wanted to get the Yuheng Cauldron and combine the Soul-Gathering Lamp. I think she had long guessed that Fuyun’s residual soul was sleeping in your body.”

Xie Qingzheng’s mind was a blank. She said hesitantly, “No, she probably doesn’t know…”

Sect Master Xie’s attitude towards her was completely that of an elder towards a junior.

Tanluan said, “Then she has kept a fragment of Fuyun’s soul and wants to repair Fuyun’s residual soul with the Soul-Gathering Lamp after it has been combined. Hey, whether she knows it now or not, in any case, after she has combined the Soul-Gathering Lamp, she will definitely know that Fuyun’s residual soul is sleeping in your body!”

Xie Qingzheng lowered her head and said in a daze, “Then that’s a good thing…”

Xie Fuyun had not had her soul scattered. She would one day be able to be reunited with Sect Master Xie.

Tanluan’s expression was grave. “It’s a joyous occasion for her, of course. For me, for an old friend to be able to come back from the dead is also a joyous occasion. But for you, it’s a lot of trouble.”

Xie Qingzheng suddenly looked up and looked at Tanluan. “What do you mean?”

Tanluan sighed softly. “A single body cannot contain two complete souls. After Fuyun’s residual soul has been repaired, either she will possess you, or you will kill her. In short, you cannot coexist in one physical body.”

“Could it be… could it be that her soul cannot be moved to another body?”

Tanluan: “It’s very difficult. She cultivated the evil path, and her soul’s malevolent qi is too heavy. An ordinary physical body can hardly bear her soul for long. It won’t be long before it will collapse on its own. If I’m not wrong, you were born in a yin time and a yin calendar. Your yin qi is extremely heavy, and your fate is also extremely hard. A physical body like yours can bear her soul.”

Xie Qingzheng lowered her eyes, and the color drained from her cheeks, making her look exceptionally pale.

She was a person who should have died. Her life had been sustained by Xie Fuyun. The eighteen years she had lived in this world had been given to her by Xie Fuyun.

If Xie Fuyun really wanted to possess her, she would not resist, and she would not have any resentment. She only asked that all of this would happen after she had broken the evil curse on her master.

In this world, the person she cared about most was her master, and the person she owed the most was also her master.

As long as she could see her master safe, she was willing to return this life to Xie Fuyun.

That way, she would not owe anyone anything.

Tanluan suddenly let out a chuckle and gently patted Xie Qingzheng’s cheek. She said magnanimously, “Little Fellow Daoist Xie, there will always be a way out. Don’t look so miserable, as if your wife has died. I will find a suitable physical body for Fuyun. And you, just keep your little life.”

But Xie Qingzheng did not trust her anymore and snorted coldly.

“Don’t look at me like that. Although I have secretly tried to get you and your master together, I have never harmed you.” Tanluan explained, “Fuyun and I have a life-and-death friendship. Back then, she was willing to disobey her master’s orders to let me go. I can be considered to have implicated her. Now, to do something for her is also what I should do.”

Xie Qingzheng glanced at her sideways, her face still full of resistance and distrust.

Tanluan seemed to have thought of something, touched her chin, and added, “But there is indeed something I have done to you. The paintings in my room, that is, the paintings of the romantic illusion, have been repaired by Yan Ling. That illusion has a flashback function. What happened between you and your master in the illusion, Yan Ling should have seen it all…”

Xie Qingzheng’s face instantly grew even paler, and she glared at Tanluan fiercely.

There was not a trace of guilt on Tanluan’s face. She looked at Xie Qingzheng with a sincere look. “Her mouth is not as tight as mine. This matter of yours will be exposed by her sooner or later. Look, you are all about to fight to the Ten Directions Domain now. At that time, if she reveals your private relationship with your master in front of all the righteous path, it will probably not be easy to resolve. In my opinion, if your master is willing to go with you, you can go to the Miao region. The righteous path cannot tolerate you, but the Miao region definitely can.”

Xie Qingzheng was so angry at her words that her vision went black for a moment. A blaze of anger instantly rose in her heart, and she said angrily, “Tanluan! You still dare to say that you haven’t harmed me! After destroying us, are you satisfied?”

Tanluan laughed loudly. “Little Fellow Daoist Xie, reputation is temporary. True feelings are the most precious. You have feelings for her, and she also has feelings for you. You are in love with each other. Don’t be a fool and give up a true feeling for a vague moral reputation!”

Xie Qingzheng’s mind was in even more of a mess. She gritted her teeth and rebuked, “Don’t you talk nonsense!”

What in love with each other… how could her master have any private feelings for her!

Tanluan pointed at herself. “I’m talking nonsense? Then you say if she has done anything to you! That day, I was beaten so badly by her, and my control was greatly reduced. With her cultivation, it would have been impossible for her to not be able to control herself, unless she herself had feelings for you, and those bells merely catalyzed her desire!”

Xie Qingzheng was so shocked by the words “her desire” that she jumped in fright.

For Tanluan to say such a thing was truly a profanation of her master!

Xie Qingzheng retorted in a loud voice, “She was poisoned by you at that time, and her mind was controlled by your Yaoguang Bell! What she did was not what she wanted to do at all!”

Tanluan suddenly pointed behind Xie Qingzheng. “Then you ask her in person! Ask her if she has any private feelings for you!”

Xie Qingzheng turned around and saw Mo Jiangxue standing behind her.

Under the moonlight, that face was as cold as ice.

Xie Qingzheng’s heart stopped for a moment.

Author’s Note:

Tanluan: I’ll tear down the window paper for you