The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Chap 55

Although the Vermilion Bird Wonderland was called a wonderland, the people who lived there were not immortals. Instead, they were half-immortal, half-demon mutants.

They were the beings most similar to immortals in the Cultivation Continent, and were also called “feathermen”.

The feathermen lived in the maze of Mount Jiuhua for generations. They had their own paradise and rarely interfered with the affairs of the mortal world. However, not all of their blood was immortal blood, and half of them were mortal flesh and blood. Thus, they could not completely transcend. They would often appear when the order of the Cultivation World was in turmoil, and when it was in danger, they would use their powerful spiritual energy to help the mortals get through difficult times.

When Mo Ran caused a huge commotion in his previous life, the feathermen appeared in large numbers. However, in the end, their strength was still no match for the Sovereign of the Human Realm who had cultivated the forbidden technique to perfection. In the end, all the feathermen were killed by Mo Ran. He stepped on the stinking blood and stepped on the charred feathers that were scattered all over the ground.

With a fire, the Vermilion Bird Wonderland was destroyed.

That was an extremely crazy memory. Even after the incident, Mo Ran would still break out in cold sweat when he thought about it, drenching his vest. He felt as if he was possessed by an evil spirit. It was extremely cruel.

However, right now, he obviously did not have the strength to fight against the feathermen. In fact, because of their racial advantage, the spiritual energy of most immortal cultivators was below that of the feathermen. In the entire Peak of Life and Death, the only ones who could fight against them were probably those few outstanding elders.

Xue Meng accidentally saw Mo Ran’s face and was shocked: “What happened to you? Why is your face so pale? ”

“It’s nothing.” Mo Ran’s eyelashes fluttered as he said in a low voice, “I just ran a little too fast.”

The appearance of the feathermen was the beginning of Shi Mei’s tragedy in his previous life. Mo Ran’s heart was in his throat. He originally thought that this matter would only happen after some time. Why was it that in this life, so many things were progressing differently from the past?

At the Peak of Life and Death in the winter, a weak sun hung in the sky, illuminating a layer of deathly white light.

Mo Ran stood under the sun, and could not help but hold Shi Mei’s hand.

Shi Mei was slightly stunned. “What’s wrong?”

“…” Mo Ran didn’t say anything and just shook his head.

Xue Zhengyong’s voice sounded at the right time. What he said was not much different from what he said in his previous life.

“Today, I’ve summoned all of you in front of the Core Heart Palace because the Featherman Immortal Emissary has returned after more than eighty years. Just like eighty years ago, the Immortal Emissary left the Peach Blossom Spring and came to the mortal world because he saw that the mortal world was in danger and came to help. ”

He paused for a moment and slowly turned his head to look at the dense crowd of disciples below.

“You all know that although the barrier of the Ghost Domain was set up by Incipient God Fuxi, it’s still there. However, over the past million years, the barrier had gradually weakened. Every few decades, the barrier would be damaged again. Over the years, the power of the Ghost Realm’s barrier has been weakening day by day, even with the help of all of you — ”

Xue Meng humphed softly, “Father is really spouting nonsense. It’s clearly Shizun who’s helping us all by herself.”

“Even with the help of all of you, the loophole in the Ghost Realm is getting bigger and bigger. In the end, it will completely collapse like it did a few decades ago. At that time, thousands of spirits will descend and hundreds of ghosts will invade the world. The boundary between the mortal world and the Ghost Realm will be broken and the mortals will suffer. In order to avoid such a tragedy, the Featherman Immortal Emissary will select a few people with the most suitable spiritual power from all the cultivation sects and send them to the Peach Blossom Spring to cultivate in isolation. ”

As soon as this was said, everyone was in an uproar.

The Featherman was going to select people and bring them to the Peach Blossom Spring to cultivate?!

All the disciples were surprised, but they were also excited. No matter how talented they were, they were more or less secretly looking forward to it.

Only Mo Ran didn’t look happy. There was even a faint trace of worry on his face. He was good at pretending and making people unable to distinguish the truth from the lies. However, at this moment, he couldn’t hide the emotions in his heart.

This matter was related to Shi Mei’s life and death. In the past, Shi Mei was selected by the Featherman to go to the Peach Blossom Spring to cultivate. Not long after he returned, there was a large-scale collapse in the Ghost Realm’s loophole. A large number of ghosts crawled from hell to the mortal world.

During that catastrophe, Shi Mei and Chu Wanning fought side by side. Each of them stood at the foot of the formation and worked together to repair the biggest loophole. However, Shi Mei’s power was still not on par with Chu Wanning. Countless ghosts saw that the Yang World was about to be closed, so they attacked Shi Mei together with a common enemy. Thousands of soldiers and horses turned into a murderous aura. In an instant, they pierced through Shi Mei who was trying to maintain the balance of the enchantment!

The evil spirits killed the heart, the dead souls pierced through the soul.

Chu Wanning didn’t raise his hand to block them. When Shi Mei fell from the top of the Coiling Dragon Pillar, he chose to use all of his magic to seal the enchantment that Shi Mei didn’t have time to complete with his own power!

It was snowing heavily that day. Shi Mei fell from the high platform like an inconspicuous small piece among the thousands of sparkling and translucent crystals.

The sky was full of snow, endless. So who would care about which hexagonal ice crystal was about to melt? Just like the countless generations of mortals, who would care about the death of an ordinary person except for their closest relatives.

In the heavy snow, in the smoke of war, Mo Ran held Shi Mei whose breathing was gradually weakening. He knelt and begged Chu Wanning to take a look at Shi Mei and save Shi Mei.

But in the end, Chu Wanning still turned around and chose to throw himself to the snowy plains. He chose to fulfill his own righteousness. So the master-disciple relationship was destroyed.

How ridiculous.

The things that Chu Wanning liked, cared about, and pursued were all so ridiculous.

For example, Chu Wanning liked listening to the rain and admiring the lotus. He liked Engineer Du’s poems. He was so strict to the point that he was in fear and trepidation.

For example, Chu Wanning did not care if spring grass lived or autumn cicada died. He did not care if there was smoke of war or where the common people could not live.

For example, Chu Wanning had always taught them that if there was a Dao, then all living things would be the leader.

But Mo Ran thought, fuck all living things!

He did not know those people and did not care. What did it matter to him whether they were dead or alive?

In Chu Wanning’s rain, perhaps there were the murmurs of desolate souls who had nowhere to return to, or the tears of the refugees splashed on the grass and trees. He, Mo Ran, did not feel it. His rain was just ordinary rain. The grass and trees were just ordinary grass and trees. The common people were just two words written on paper. Who the hell cared.

So he thought, Chu Wanning was hypocritical, despicable, full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, as if he had the whole world in his heart. But in his extremely narrow heart, he was even stingy with the position of his disciple.

Later on, he asked Chu Wanning, “Does your heart ache? Do you feel uneasy? You said that the leader of all living things would be the end, but you are still alive. You let Shi Mei listen to you and die! You killed him, you hypocrite, you liar!

Do you still have a heart?

When Shi Mei fell from the high platform, he was shouting for you. He was shouting for Shizun. Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Why didn’t you save him … Why didn’t you save him!!

Chu Wanning, your heart is made of stone.

You have never …

Never cared about us.

You did not care … You did not care …

What happened after that was just like that.

Chu Wanning became the uncrowned king who was respected and loved by everyone in the Xiuzhen world. Nobody cared about the dead. Shi Mei’s bones were like a stone step not worth mentioning, stepped under the feet of the victor.

He used a disciple with insufficient talent in exchange for the so-called peace of the world.

Nobody would say that he was wrong.

Only Mo Ran saw the crown on his forehead. It was so glorious that it was made of the bones of the dead. It was Shi Mei’s death that made him who he was.

He hated it from the bottom of his heart.

“Hey, little immortal.”

“Hey —”

Suddenly, a gentle hand touched his forehead. Mo Ran was shocked. He broke away from the dark memories and suddenly opened his eyes.

In front of him was Zhang Yan’s delicate face, which was as bright as flowing clouds. A featherman immortal emissary had appeared in front of him at some point in time and was smiling at him.

“This is such a great opportunity. Why is little immortal absent-minded?”

“Ah, elder sister immortal, please don’t blame me.” Mo Ran was worried that others would see that something was wrong. He forced himself to be alert and smiled at the featherman immortal emissary. “I am a person who likes to fantasize. When I saw that elder sisters were here, I was hoping to be chosen so that I could see what the Peach Blossom Wonderland was like. I couldn’t help but be immersed in it.”

It turned out that when Mo Ran was absent-minded, the feathermen had already started to choose suitable people. Fortunately, he could not see through this tribulation in his previous life. He was so troubled that he did not even notice the movements around him.

The featherman immortal emissary smiled again. However, when she opened her mouth, she said something that Mo Ran did not expect. “I see that your spiritual energy is pure. Your cultivation and talent are also rare. If you want to go to the Peach Blossom Wonderland, come with me.”

Mo Ran: “…”

Mo Ran: “!!!”

Go to the Peach Blossom Wonderland?

In his previous life, only Shi Mei and Chu Wanning were chosen. Why was it that in this life —

His astonishment was obvious. Being chosen by the feathermen was something to be astonished about. Thus, the people around him did not find it strange. They only looked at him with envious gazes.

Mo Ran was brought to the Core Heart Palace by the feathermen. After the initial astonishment, his violently beating heart slowly calmed down. However, his eyes revealed a trace of ecstasy that no one could see.

In this life, some things had indeed changed.

Although he did not know whether these changes were a blessing or a curse, and why his fate chart had changed, at least he could go to the Peach Blossom Wonderland. As long as he followed the feathermen to learn spells, the heavy responsibility of repairing the enchantment would not fall on Shi Mei’s shoulders.

He was a boorish person. After living two lives, he did not know what it meant to be the head of all living things and the tail of oneself.

However, Shi Mei was the person who treated him the best in this world. In front of this person, nothing was important.

Including this body of his and half of his soul.

As long as Shi Mei was alive, he could give up everything.

However, when the feathermen finished choosing everyone and gathered in front of the Core Heart Palace, Mo Ran discovered that the lineup this time was completely different from the lineup in his previous life.

Shi Mei was still among the people chosen. However, because he was cultivating in seclusion, Chu Wanning was absent from the selection. Therefore, he was not chosen in the end. Instead, it was Elder Xuanji’s disciple, Xia Sini.

What made Mo Ran even more surprised was that Xue Meng was also invited by the Peach Blossom Wonderland. In the words of the Immortal Emissary, he said, “You seem to have the residual power of the Gou Chen God’s sword on you. Interesting.”

The faint sound of a bell rang from the Tong Tian Tower not far away. It was deep and resounded throughout the entire Peak of Life and Death.

“At the Peak of Life and Death in the lower cultivation world, the immortals chosen are Xue Ziming, Mo Weiyu, Shi Mingjing, and Xia Sini. A total of four people.” After communicating with Xue Zhengyong, the leading featherman immortal emissary released a voice transmission bird.

She raised her hand and let the bright-feathered bird perch on the tip of her finger. She continued in a clear voice, “Today, I’ve met these four people. Their talents are suitable, and their natures are pure. Reporting to the Immortal. ”

After she finished speaking, the bird flew away. The bird remembered her words. It flapped its strong wings and quickly disappeared into the vast sky.

Going to the Peach Blossom Wonderland to cultivate immortal techniques was a more rare opportunity than going to the Divine Martial Arts. No one would reject it. Also, the purpose of cultivating immortal techniques was to defend against the large-scale collapse of the Ghost World’s barrier. This was the responsibility of immortal cultivators, so no one could reject it.

The cultivation time could be as short as a few months, or as long as three to five years.

The feathermen were not unreasonable. Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, they deliberately let them have a good New Year’s Eve. After that, they would take them to the Peach Blossom Wonderland on Mount Jiuhua.

When Mo Ran thought about how he would soon go to the Peach Blossom Wonderland with Shi Mei to cultivate, he couldn’t help but feel happy. However, this happiness didn’t last for long. It slowly faded away. At first, he didn’t understand why. Until one day, when he passed by the southern foot of the Peak of Life and Death, he raised his head and looked at the Red Lotus Pavilion.

Mo Ran couldn’t help but slow down his footsteps. In the end, he stopped moving and looked up at the vast mountain in the distance.

Chu Wanning had been in seclusion for more than three months.

In this life, his hatred for this person seemed to have faded away … Even though he repeatedly told himself not to forget Chu Wanning’s face when he abandoned him and Shi Mei, sometimes he still couldn’t help but sympathize with him and feel confused.

Xia Si Ni was walking with him. At this time, he saw that Mo Ran’s expression was strange. He also saw that he was staring at the South Peak in a daze. He was slightly moved and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Little Martial Brother, do you think he will be able to come out before we leave?”

“… Him?”

“Yes.” Mo Ran was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he smiled at Chu Wanning. After these days of being together, he felt that this Little Martial Brother was really obedient and sensible. He also liked him very much. “I’m talking about my Master, Elder Yu Heng.”

Chu Wanning, “I see …”

Mo Ran sighed and muttered, “He has never been in seclusion for so long before. Could it be that he was seriously injured at the Jincheng Lake? ”

This was the first time in a long time that he took the initiative to mention his Master.

Chu Wanning obviously knew that it was impossible, but he couldn’t help but ask, “You … Do you miss him?”