After I Died My Dao Companion Drowns in Endless Regret Chapter 102

When Wei Yunshu heard this, her breath caught. Yuan Chu’s warm gaze fell upon her, yet it suddenly felt as heavy as Mount Tai, unbearable. She didn’t know how to see Yuan Chu. It was normal for a person to have mysteries, but for those mysteries to inexplicably affect her emotions, she simply couldn’t discern her true feelings deep down. It was as if a layer of miasma always separated them, impossible to dispel. “I… haven’t,” Wei Yunshu said.
Yuan Chu was not embarrassed by Wei Yunshu’s suspicion and slow reply. She stood there and said with a faint smile, “Now that the magic artifact is shielded, we can’t tell the difference between the true self and the creation. The most urgent task is to find that magic artifact, not to get involved in the fight, don’t you think?”
Wei Yunshu thought the same way. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have stood by and watched when the two Yue Yings started fighting. Her entire body’s aura surged, pushing away the wave after wave of surging energy. She extended her divine sense in all directions. Previously, the created beings with intelligence had not made any strange moves. For them to suddenly appear now, there must be something wrong nearby. It was a pity she couldn’t perceive the anomaly brought by the created beings and could only rely on her own divine sense to slowly search this area. At the same time, her vigilance did not drop. They were in the open, and the created beings of Hengjue Mountain were in the dark. In places she didn’t know, there must be many eyes secretly watching.
Suddenly, she sensed a strangeness in front. At the same moment, Yuan Chu’s voice sounded, “Follow me.” As soon as her voice fell, a cool but soft touch came to her wrist. Wei Yunshu lowered her eyes and saw Yuan Chu’s slender, jade-like hands. She pursed her lips and calmly broke free. Seeing that Yuan Chu was heading in the direction where she had sensed some strangeness, she did not hesitate and closely followed the other’s footsteps.
This was a Bewildering Heart Path.
The created beings with intelligence used a Dao artifact called “Bewildering Heart and Concealing Qi” here. On one hand, it could confuse the perception of humans and created beings. On the other hand, it could block the magic artifacts used by cultivators to identify the created beings with intelligence. This was a trap specifically designed to deal with the cultivators of the other five major heavenly domains. As for the cultivators of the Wu Xiang Heaven Domain—they walked the path of going to the Path-Walking Dao Palace to sever their “non-selves,” so they naturally had to fight a real battle. Therefore, where the magic artifact was located, there were two Daoists at the Cavern Heaven realm guarding it.
“This is it,” Yuan Chu’s soft voice came again.
Wei Yunshu looked up and saw that this place was boundless. There were no plants or living things. The outline of the mountain range in the far distance was hidden in the clouds and mist, somewhat distorted, as if it had been drawn with ink. She concentrated her essence and energy, a strange light flashing in her eyes. A moment later, her Dharma Manifestation spread out, revealing countless stars. She did not see a trace of the magic artifact, but that was not important. The magic artifact must be hidden in the void. As long as she sent down her divine ability, it would surely reveal its form.
At this moment, a Daoist with a strange appearance came out of thin air. He sat on a lotus platform, holding a jade Ruyi in his right hand. He bowed to Wei Yunshu and Yuan Chu and said with a smile, “You two fellow Daoists are both from the Wu Xiang Heaven Domain and have no enmity with my Xuan Tian Ji. Why not take a step back?” As soon as his voice fell, a clear wind descended, and a seed landed on the ground, sprouted, and in a few moments, grew into a lotus flower. After the lotus flower bloomed, a short young man stepped out from it. He also said, “We are just seeking a way to survive, why can’t we? Is it because we are not human? But our consciousness comes from humans, equivalent to half of all cultivators. Why must we be hunted down and killed?”
The created beings with intelligence and the demons were very different. They were the “non-selves” of a person, while the demons were born from the “non-selves” of thousands of millions of people. Therefore, the demons were more twisted than the created beings with intelligence, and it was even difficult for them to give rise to intelligence. But they also had similarities, that is, the negative side suppressed the positive side. And all of this was decided by the cultivators. The severed “non-selves” affected the path of advancement. Although there were some harmless “non-selves” being cut off, most of them were a kind of “malice” that sprouted from the depths of the heart. The things born from these, even if their appearance was as elegant as an immortal, were a mass of filth inside. After stripping away the pretense, what remained were fangs. Therefore, the Shang Qing Divine Realm could not tolerate their existence.
Yuan Chu raised her hand, and the rumbling sound of the water tide arose. Her entire body was shrouded in a water radiance. Under the illumination of the sun’s radiance, it refracted a bizarre and motley color. She said softly, “Everyone, no need to say more.” With a push of the water tide, immediately after, there was a kind of ferocity different from her gentle face, like the wrath of a great swamp.
The old Daoist on the lotus platform sneered, raised his jade Ruyi, and tapped it in mid-air. Immediately after, a worm crawled out from the void. It was originally only the size of a palm, but as it devoured the spiritual energy, it grew with the wind, and in an instant, it grew over two feet. It wriggled constantly, its body emitting a deep and gloomy aura. As it chewed, many voids appeared in mid-air, and the rushing water tide immediately fell into the voids, separated from this world. And the other young Daoist flipped the lotus leaf, and a vast life force was born. Lotuses instantly rose from the voids, and in an instant, the surroundings turned into a lotus pond of green and pink. His lotuses absorbed the spiritual energy in the water tide.
“That worm is called the ‘Void-Eating Worm.’ Wherever it goes, it will leave large areas of void holes,” Yuan Chu turned to Wei Yunshu and said warmly.
Wei Yunshu nodded. She gazed at the front, her gaze very calm. The mirage qi still enveloped Hengjue Mountain, but at this moment, it had little effect on her, so she could ignore it for now. However, if she were to summon her Dharma sword, it would still be invisibly defiled by the mirage qi. Wei Yunshu’s mind turned, and she urged the One Qi Nine Dominance Heavenly Thunder. Instantly, the aura of heaven and earth churned, and the thunder rolled. The aura on her body continuously rose, reaching an extremely terrifying point. Immediately after, she raised her hand and slapped forward, and instantly, a continuous stream of thunder crashed down. In her Dharma Manifestation behind her, the host of stars rotated, all transforming into a rain of light.
The young Daoist sneered. The lotus leaves on the water immediately grew rapidly, and in a short time, they were as large as umbrellas, covering the top, looking like a patch of green clouds. His divine ability was good at defense. If the opponent could not smash a pond of wind lotuses in one go, they would grow back again. And as time went on, the vast and mighty long river would surely be used by him.
The old Daoist had cooperated with the young man many times. Seeing him use his divine ability, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of malevolent smoke, which made a grating sound as it moved forward.
They were two people on this side, and Wei Yunshu’s side was also the same. When Wei Yunshu acted, Yuan Chu’s gaze darkened slightly, and the originally calm long river suddenly stirred up a storm, rolling up to the sky. But as it rushed upwards, the vast water tide did not fall. Instead, it waited until all the water of the long river was inverted in the sky, mixed with the boundless thunder, before she urged it again, smashing the long river downwards! As the lightning streaked, the long river had already turned into a river of thunder. A very dangerous aura rushed in all directions. The worm that was originally devouring the void wriggled violently. It also sensed the crisis of utter destruction, burrowed into a crack, and instantly disappeared.
The malevolent smoke collided with the river of thunder, creating a deafening explosion. Streaks of purple light darted in the water, like sharp, cold sword energy, instantly severing the roots rooted in the water. One by one, the lotus leaves and flowers were shattered in the air waves. But as the water tide falling into the void increased, the lotus leaves and flowers got a chance to recover, and they were reborn on the water surface, swaying in the wind.
“I advise fellow Daoist not to waste your efforts,” the old Daoist said with a smile. But as soon as his voice fell, another huge roar sounded. The gurgling sound in the void grew more and more. The water tide that had fallen into the void was all overflowing! A worm let out a sharp, mournful cry and was torn apart by the swirling water tide! The water tide grew more and more, and the accumulated terrifying power completely tore apart the shattered space. For a time, water vapor filled the air, and this place instantly transformed into a vast ocean! Even the hidden magic artifact also revealed its form!
Wei Yunshu caught sight of that magic artifact, her gaze flashing. She immediately used a “Three Lights Dragon Capturing Seal.” How could the two created being Daoists let Wei Yunshu succeed? Their expressions changed drastically. The young Daoist’s aura surged, and a green aura spread outwards, landing on the swaying lotus leaves and flowers, instantly making them grow explosively with the wind, a single leaf like a cloud! The old Daoist, under the cover of the lotus leaves, also attacked Wei Yunshu.
On the side, Yuan Chu let out a cold sneer. The water tide once again rolled and smashed down. Whirlpools appeared on the water surface. Any lotus leaves and flowers in the whirlpools were pulled by a strong suction force and turned into dust in the water waves. The whirlpools and whirlpools intertwined, and in an instant, they converged into one. Not to mention those lotus leaves and flowers, even the old and young Daoists standing on the lotus platform and lotus flowers were pulled by a great force! They felt that something was wrong. They looked at each other and were about to transform into a streak of escape light and leave! The Wei Yunshu who had originally attacked the magic artifact suddenly turned back at this moment. Her divine ability was freely controlled. After the Three Lights Dragon Capturing Seal was sent out, her aura did not drop at all. She used a “Heavenly Cycle Restriction,” and instantly, the wind and clouds in heaven and earth froze. Two talismans floated from her sleeve, landed on the stiff Daoists, and took them in. With the return of the talismans, she then turned back and also took the “Bewildering Heart and Concealing Qi.”
This magic artifact had already given rise to a true spirit and naturally relied on the created being’s true spirit, unwilling to fall into Wei Yunshu’s hands. Wei Yunshu didn’t even think, directly urging the thunder to kill the magic artifact’s true spirit. Even if the Dao artifact was damaged without a true spirit, it was still better than the true spirit’s heart not being on this side. Besides, she didn’t need this magic artifact. She could take it back to the academy to exchange for merit points.
Wei Yunshu turned to look at Yuan Chu, raised her eyebrows, and smiled, “The magic artifact has been broken. Fellow Daoist Yue Ying’s side should be able to distinguish which one is real.”
Yuan Chu nodded and smiled gently at Wei Yunshu. Before she could say anything, she saw the surrounding space twist. The previous battle had been very fierce, and the four sides had been shattered. At this moment, there was a hidden passage. Because the cover had been broken, it was revealed, and it was constantly collapsing inwards!
“Not good, hurry and go!” Wei Yunshu’s expression changed. But seeing Yuan Chu on the side as if she had fallen into a mire and could not move, she did not hesitate and immediately turned back to help. The moment she touched Yuan Chu, a golden light flashed on the skin where the two were touching. Wei Yunshu had not had time to pull away before she was dragged downwards by the collapsing force. Her vision went dark. By the time it cleared again, she had fallen into a completely unfamiliar land. Looking up, she could not see the sky. Looking down, she only saw a broken palace, a shattered road, and a bottomless ravine. But from the broken walls and ruins, it could be vaguely guessed that this was once a magnificent underground palace.
Large and small crushed stones were suspended in mid-air, and the four sides were silent. The ground in the front, back, and left directions had been shattered, leaving very deep ravines. Only on the right side was a half-broken corridor that could barely be passed. Wei Yunshu released Yuan Chu and asked in a low voice, “Shall we go?”
Yuan Chu nodded and said softly, “Alright.” Her gaze lingered on the sword marks that had been left on the wall for thousands of years, and a few inexplicable thoughts arose in her heart. She raised her eyes several times to look at Wei Yunshu, who was walking forward without saying a word. The divine light in her eyes suddenly became deep, as if floating with clusters of dark fire.
Wei Yunshu’s heart was not calm. She had an inexplicable sense of a creepy chill, as if something was staring at her in the dark. But her divine sense spread outwards, and besides Yuan Chu, she could not sense any other living being’s aura in this place. Could it be because of Yuan Chu? She deliberately slowed her steps, taking the opportunity to observe Yuan Chu several times while observing the environment, but found that her face was always hung with an impeccable, quiet and gentle smile, which inexplicably gave people a sense of closeness. But this kind of closeness—gave Wei Yunshu an indescribable feeling. When she thought about it, a sharp pain pulsed between her eyebrows, and the gathered thoughts instantly collapsed.
Wei Yunshu instinctively avoided it.
“There are many sword marks on this wall. Fellow Daoist Bo is also a sword cultivator, right?” Yuan Chu spoke calmly, breaking the silence between the two.
Wei Yunshu also saw the remaining sword marks. In the past, when she encountered such sword marks containing sword intent, she would definitely look at them a few more times, and even carefully comprehend them. But for some reason, this time she had no desire to explore them. As soon as this thought arose, she knew it was useless to force herself. The sword marks on the wall were simply not fated with her. “I have not focused on one path,” Wei Yunshu said faintly.
Yuan Chu “oh”ed and then smiled, “I saw fellow Daoist draw your sword in the Demon-Hiding Cave, but I see that fellow Daoist’s sword has not yet reached that level. I have a yuan stone here. If it is melted into the sword’s body, it can improve the quality of the sword. If fellow Daoist wants it, you can exchange it with me for something.”
Wei Yunshu’s footsteps paused. She took Yuan Chu’s words to heart. The True Nature Sword was on her, but this sword had, after all, cut through the Realm of Ruin and had the Emperor’s Seal of the Wu Xiang Heaven melted into it, so it could not be taken out. She still used her Taiyi Sword. But the Taiyi Sword, although a divine weapon in the Fu Li Immortal Realm, was not enough in the Shang Qing Divine Realm. If the Taiyi could be improved, she would not be afraid of things that defiled treasure weapons, because no matter what sword divine ability she cultivated, in the end, it all came down to “force, speed, and sharpness.” Ten thousand swords returned to one, and when one sword fell, all things were extinguished. Even though she wanted to keep her distance from Yuan Chu, at this moment, she couldn’t help but ask, “What does Fellow Daoist Yuan need? Merit points?”
Yuan Chu said frankly, “I don’t need anything right now.”
Wei Yunshu was inevitably a little disappointed. Yuan Chu had no desire, so she could not get the yuan stone. She couldn’t possibly let the other party give it to her for free.
Yuan Chu took Wei Yunshu’s expression into her eyes. She smiled and said, “Not needing anything now doesn’t mean I won’t need anything in the future. How about this, if Fellow Daoist Bo gets any rare things, you can also show them to me. What if I like them?”
Wei Yunshu thought for a while and could only do so. But her friendship with Yuan Chu could not be completely severed. Wei Yunshu’s eyelids drooped as she pondered for a moment, raised her sleeve, and bowed, saying seriously, “In any case, thank you, Fellow Daoist Yuan, first.”
“No need,” Yuan Chu said warmly. “You and I are fellow Daoists, and fellow Daoists should naturally support each other.”
Her gaze was clear and cold, holding a piece of sincerity. Wei Yunshu’s heart was a little awkward. The two words “fellow Daoist” were really not worthy. Her Dao path was destined to be different from most people, and she could not be called a fellow Daoist, unless Yuan Chu also abandoned the “Severing All Selves Dao” and was of one mind with them. But now, the future was unclear. A mere Cavern Heaven was not worth mentioning in the Shang Qing Divine Realm. Facing those True Beings, she didn’t even have the ability to protect herself, so she naturally could not spread her Dao thoughts. Curling the corners of her lips into a smile, Wei Yunshu did not answer Yuan Chu’s words.
In the scattered conversation, the corridor reached its end. It was a half-shattered stone chamber. Besides the broken walls and ruins, and broken utensils, other things finally appeared. It was a white-clothed cultivator kneeling on the ground. The life force in his body was cut off, but his shell was well preserved, his facial features as if carved from white jade. There was a hole in his chest pierced by a long sword. The long-dried bloodstains were very dark. On the ground was a palm-wide sword box, but it was broken in half from the middle. Looking further ahead, on the ground was a character “Que,” written with sword energy, flamboyant and extraordinary.
Another “Que”!
Wei Yunshu rubbed her forehead, her vision a little dizzy.
Seeing Wei Yunshu’s face turn pale, Yuan Chu hurriedly reached out to support her and asked with concern, “Fellow Daoist Bo?”
Wei Yunshu forced a smile, “I’m fine.”
Yuan Chu was relieved. She said, “This person should be the Hengjue Daoist who was killed in the past. The character ‘Que’ on the ground was left by that person.”
Wei Yunshu turned her head to look at Yuan Chu and said slowly, “You didn’t mention that person’s name was ‘Que’ before.”
“Is that so?” Yuan Chu’s eyes curved into a smile, and she said lightly, “Perhaps I forgot.”
The dream that had suddenly appeared last night floated before her eyes. Wei Yunshu didn’t know how to relieve her current state of mind. She grabbed Yuan Chu’s hand in reverse, as if to draw strength from her. “What was the swordswoman’s name? What was the name of the person who saved her?”
Yuan Chu was silent for a long time before she put away her smile and asked softly, “Is it important?”
If it had nothing to do with her, then what her name was was really not that important. But now that she saw the character “Que,” she was dazed, as if trapped in a prison. How could she not seek a way to break the barrier? She had exchanged some stories with merit points, but they were similar to what Yuan Chu had said. Her intuition told her that Yuan Chu might know more. At this moment, all other thoughts disappeared, leaving only a stubborn pursuit.
Yuan Chu raised her left hand and gently landed it on Wei Yunshu’s brow. She smiled faintly and said, “Fellow Daoist Bo, be careful not to fall into ‘attachment’ and be unable to break free.”
The fingertip on her brow was cool, as if a wisp of ice water was flowing through her limbs and bones. Wei Yunshu shivered and suddenly sobered up. She released Yuan Chu and said, “I’m sorry.” Then she raised her hand and rubbed her temples, but the corner of her eye was inevitably attracted by the character “Que.” That character, like flowing clouds and water, seemed to contain a mysterious power, making her divine soul fall into it little by little, until it became a stroke moving on the character.
Yuan Chu held a gentle smile, coldly watching Wei Yunshu’s divine soul fall out of her control. By the time that shell with a chaotic consciousness fell backward, she reached out in time to catch the person. She lowered her eyes and gazed at Wei Yunshu’s pale face, her deep eyes filled with compassion. She leaned down and pressed her cheek against Wei Yunshu’s, saying softly, “You can’t escape, can you?”
Wei Yunshu did not answer.
Her consciousness passed through the characters and crossed the long river of time, watching countless sharp sword lights rush towards her. And the unrestrained swordswoman raised her hand and also met them with sword light. The flowing lights whistled sharply through the air, accurately knocking down the attacking sword lights, not letting them fall on her body. However, at this moment, she was already at the end of her strength. The Dharma robe on her body was stained with specks of blood, and her opponent, however, had a high aura and had not consumed much spiritual energy. But even so, the swordswoman did not give up. She did not care about the consequences. Even if every time she urged her sword intent, it would consume her vital blood, she did not care much. Her sword strikes became slower and slower, but her sword intent became more and more precise, landing on the opponent’s sword light, not a single bit more or less. For quite some time, she had been observing the opponent’s sword intent. It was not until the auras of both sides were gradually balanced that she summoned that killing sword.
But her enemy was not an easy person to deal with. When she was pierced by her sword intent, she also slashed down with a sword, passing through her body. It was just that the sword was not sharp enough to bear the final power. With a clang, it shattered, and the swordswoman escaped a calamity. But even so, she had no more strength and lay in a pool of blood, panting heavily.
It seemed like a long time, or perhaps only an instant, before a figure appeared out of thin air. With a light flick, specks of life force fell like sweet rain on the swordswoman’s gradually drying body.
“You really have been following me.”
“Are you afraid that if I die, no one will be willing to eliminate the evil people on the Ten Evils List?”
“Actually, you don’t have to do this. With your cultivation, killing them is not difficult, right? What, are you afraid of getting your hands dirty? My compassionate saint—”
The swordswoman’s sigh did not last long. Her mouth was pressed by a fist-sized pill.
The swordswoman had never seen such a pill before. She had no doubt that it was specifically designed to make things difficult for her. If she could live, who would want to die? She struggled to eat this pill, raised her hand, and made a “three.” She was telling that person that it was now the third one.
“I hope you keep your word,” the swordswoman’s voice was very light, and she even hummed a song in a good mood.
And the female cultivator frowned at her. In the end, she really couldn’t stand the blood stains and pulled her up from the ground.
The swordswoman did not wait for the female cultivator to say anything, nor did she cast a spell to remove the dirt on her body. She took the opportunity to pounce on the female cultivator’s body. Seeing that her body was also stained with a bit of blood, the corner of her eyebrows raised with a light and unrestrained smile, “Saint without blemish? You see, now you are not.”