Chapter 79
At first, Shen Qi just wanted to tease Ru Deng. His sanctimonious chanting annoyed him, and he wanted to do something to break it. He didn’t intend to go all the way, especially since there were people outside. Even though the ruins blocked divine sense from probing in, if they were noticed, it would inevitably cause trouble and disrupt Ru Deng’s plan.
So when his clothes were lifted, he was slightly taken aback. He held Ru Deng’s hand, but he was caught along with his other hand and restrained behind him. Ru Deng’s other hand was knocking on the wooden fish, controlling him. He looked into his eyes and signaled him to proceed.
Really proceed?
Shen Qi frowned, but seeing Ru Deng insist, he laughed and did as he wanted.
At this moment, the Buddha statue suddenly emitted a bright light. The sudden appearance of light in the dim room immediately attracted their attention.
The originally kind-faced Buddha statue changed its face, or rather, the entire Buddha statue changed. It turned from one to two. The cross-legged Buddha was holding another Buddha with a slender waist and plump buttocks in his arms. The two Buddhas’ cheeks were touching, their four arms embracing each other, very intimate.
It was exactly the same as Shen Qi and Ru Deng’s movements at this time.
Shen Qi was stunned. So the key to the solution was here! It was actually the Buddha of Joy!
He immediately reacted and looked at Ru Deng. Did he have a premonition earlier, so he insisted on letting him continue just now?
He couldn’t help but frown.
Ru Deng had already stopped chanting, got up with him in his arms, and walked directly to the Buddha statue. He stared at the Buddha statue with fiery eyes, looked down at Shen Qi’s expression, hesitated for a moment, and pressed his frowning brow: “Just now, when you were helping me… I noticed the Buddha statue was moving.”
Was he explaining to him?
Shen Qi’s brows relaxed instantly. Given Ru Deng’s character, he never bothered to explain his actions. But now, he was explaining to him. Regardless of whether it was premeditated or not, with his words, these were not problems!
His gloom dissipated, and Shen Qi’s face, which had just darkened, immediately brightened. He hooked his hands around Ru Deng’s neck, his smile joyful and cheerful, which made Ru Deng pause.
This was not the first time he saw Shen Qi smile, but it was the first time he saw him smile so happily. There was no impurity, no grudge, just pure joy and happiness. And the source of this smile… was him.
There was a strange emotion fermenting in his heart, making him uncomfortably frown.
This was an unfamiliar emotion for him, and subconsciously, he felt repelled by it.
He was a human, but he didn’t like humans, whether they were the hypocritical righteous or the inhumane demons, he disliked them all.
His sister thought it was because of his childhood experiences, but only he knew that it wasn’t just that. From his childhood, from the time when his parents were unharmed, he was like this.
When his parents and villagers were killed, he was also heartbroken, but deep down, he felt it should be this way. It’s survival of the fittest. If you’re not as good as others, you’ll be eliminated. If you don’t want to die, then become stronger, strong enough that no one can stop you.
Everyone said he was a disciple of Buddha, but they didn’t know that he clearly had a demon’s heart.
When he first saw Shen Qi, he was very satisfied. He could tell at a glance that this was a spirit that would become his aid, not a burden. Although what happened later surprised him, he didn’t refuse.
Although he joined the Wanfo Sect, he didn’t plan to be a monk for life. He would eventually leave. He was a man, a healthy man, and naturally had needs. He didn’t like people before, no one could catch his eye, but his spirit was different. They were his other half, they could only depend on him, be controlled by him, and wouldn’t bring troubles beyond his control. Why not enjoy it?
Especially at the moment of fusion, he felt even more that it should be this way.
Shen Qi liked him, he knew. He never hid it, and was not shy about expressing his feelings.
He didn’t take it to heart, even indulged it. For those who could help him, he was always generous in opening up his bottom line.
Especially since every time he was with Shen Qi, he also vented his negative emotions.
He was a human, and also had emotions and desires. He was not a saint who had no desires, no demands. The mask was worn for too long, and the repression in his heart was increasing more and more. The appearance of Shen Qi gave him a good outlet.
This was also one of the reasons why he was willing to indulge Shen Qi's various antics.
The more stimulating it was, the more negative emotions he could vent.
In his opinion, whether it was people or things in this world, they were divided into two kinds, useful and useless. He didn’t discriminate against feelings, nor did he look down on feelings, but he never thought it would fall on him.
Compared to these time-wasting and boring feelings, only power was his goal.
So at this moment, he just frowned, ruthlessly discarded that strange emotion, and his expression was covered again by his usual gentleness.
Shen Qi keenly caught his change at this moment, sighed in his heart, but didn’t say much, just frowned and said uncomfortably, “It hurts…”
He was leaning against the Buddha statue, and it hurt.
Ru Deng then held him in his arms, and at the same time, the light on the Buddha statue became brighter and brighter, enveloping the two of them. A golden light shot out from the Buddha statue’s forehead and entered Ru Deng’s forehead.
The entire hall began to shake, with stone bricks and wooden beams falling down. Ming Wu’s exclamation came from outside, while Ru Deng and Shen Qi were enveloped in light, unharmed.
Ru Deng closed his eyes to accept the inheritance, while Shen Qi carefully withdrew and helped him tidy up his clothes to avoid embarrassment when they met Ming Wu later.
After about half an hour, the inheritance finally ended. Ru Deng opened his eyes, a hint of joy in his eyes. Clearly, this inheritance was much stronger than before.
With the inheritance solved, the entire hall disappeared. Even the entire island began to collapse inch by inch. Ru Deng flew over the broken jade bridge and returned to the land covered by snow.
Ming Wu, who was waiting nearby, immediately came up: “Quickly, tell me how you cracked this secret realm. What’s wrong with those two Buddha statues?”
Naturally, Ru Deng couldn’t tell him the truth. He just shook his head and said, “I don’t know. I was just chanting. As I was chanting, the Buddha statue suddenly lit up, and then I received the inheritance.”
Shen Qi laughed, his arms around his neck.
Ru Deng suddenly looked down at him, a smile in his eyes.
Ming Wu scratched his ears and cheeks, frowning. He thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out. The inheritance of divine power is everyone’s privacy, and he couldn’t ask too much. After thinking about it, he could only conclude that it might be due to individual karma. However, not being able to get a specific answer was quite regrettable.
One major divine power, four minor divine powers, were enough for Ru Deng. Any more, and he wouldn’t be able to control them. So he bid farewell to Ming Wu and left the secret realm.
When he entered the secret realm, it was the end of May. When he came out, it was already the end of June. Nearly a month had passed. During this month, many cultivators in the outside world had successfully broken through the realm of contemplation. Even in the Wanfo Sect, three disciples had broken through one after another and were also allowed to enter the secret realm. However, the secret realm was vast, and Shen Qi and Ru Deng did not meet.
Once a cultivator reached the Spirit Heart Realm, they were considered a full-fledged cultivator. It was like graduating from college and stepping into society. According to the rules of the Wanfo Sect, Ru Deng needed to be station at the edge of the boundary between the demonic and righteous paths in the Nine Provinces for five years.
This was a mission, but also a trial.
Ru Deng chose Youzhou, located at the northwest end of the Nine Provinces. It was covered by an endless grassland and was the base of the Wushen Sect, one of the three strongest sects of the demonic path.
Everyone in the Wanfo Sect felt that Ru Deng indeed had the demeanor of a saint, sacrificing himself for others, and taking the most dangerous task. However, Shen Qi knew that Ru Deng chose Youzhou because his only relative, his second sister Sang Yunyan, was in the Wushen Sect.
Back then, the entire village was wiped out, leaving only Sang Yunyan and Ru Deng. Sang Yunyan fled with Ru Deng. She was just a twelve-year-old girl who couldn’t even support herself, let alone Shen Qi. So she sent Shen Qi to the Wanfo Temple in the city. Coincidentally, he was assigned to an elder cultivator in the temple who declared him to be a disciple of Buddha, and thus, Ru Deng entered the Wanfo Sect.
At that time, Sang Yunyan harbored hatred in her heart and was determined to seek revenge. Seeing that her brother was settled, she wanted to join another sect. However, by a strange coincidence, she discovered that the sect she was going to join was the one where the murderer of her village belonged. In her hesitation, she encountered the Wushen Sect coming to snatch disciples, and they took her along with many other seedlings back to the Wushen Sect.
Perhaps Sang Yunyan was naturally suited for cultivating the demonic way. She had great talent. Over a decade later, she became the new generation’s Saintess of the Wushen Sect.
One sibling was a Saintess of the Demonic Path, and the other was a Holy Monk of the Righteous Path. No one would have thought that these two people, who were poles apart, would be siblings.
If things continued this way, it would be a story of the siblings, one black and one white, protecting each other, cooperating to take revenge and kill, and reaching the peak of life.
But things unexpectedly took a turn. If Ru Deng was walking the path of a crazed, vengeful antagonist, then Sang Yunyan was in a melodramatic love story.
Love is something that people both love and hate.
As the Saintess of the Wushen Sect, Sang Yunyan fell in love with the person she should least love. She fell in love with the younger brother of the man who killed her father and exterminated her clan.
Although this younger brother and the enemy were half-brothers and their relationship was not close, even somewhat hostile.
But without mentioning this, just the fact that the righteous and demonic ways are incompatible, was enough for them to stage an eighty-episode melodrama of “you love me, I don’t love you, I love you but have to let go”.
After a series of misunderstandings, reconciliations, more misunderstandings, and more reconciliations, Sang Yunyan chose love, gave up revenge, and decided to betray their respective sects with her lover and wander the world.
However, one was a Saintess who was the focus of everyone’s attention and carefully cultivated, and the other was the son of the Sect head, a rookie with a rising reputation. Wanting to leave quietly was not that easy.
No matter how you look at this love affair, the story of Romeo and Juliet was their ending.
The facts proved this to be true. That rookie was caught by his own father and locked up in the back mountain of the sect. Sang Yunyan escaped, but returned to save him, even knowing that this was walking into a trap. And then, she was killed by Ru Deng’s own hands.
Yes, by his own hands.
In the midst of misunderstandings, reconciliations, more misunderstandings, and more reconciliations with her lover, Sang Yunyan confessed her hatred and also revealed that she had a brother. That lover was forced by his own father to reveal everything. Originally, he was just worried that his son would leak the secrets of the sect, but he didn’t expect to find out about this.
In order not to expose himself, Ru Deng had to kill Sang Yunyan.
Shen Qi didn’t know what kind of feelings he had when he personally ended the life of his only relative. He didn’t comment on Sang Yunyan’s actions. He just hoped that this time, he could do something to prevent this tragedy from happening.
And calculating the timeline, at this time, Sang Yunyan and that lover had already met.
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