Chapter 2134: Backlash Unleashed, an Unusual Old Nunnery Master
Chapter 2134: Chapter 2134: Backlash Unleashed, an Unusual Old Nunnery Master
The Main Hall wasn’t very large, about twice the width of a typical family’s main room. The blue bricks on the ground were already uneven, with several cracks from which thin wild grass sprouted.
At the center stood a statue of Guanyin, made of clay. Due to its age, most of the gold paint had peeled off, revealing the grayish-white clay underneath.
Ye Qiubai glanced around, his brows furrowing.
It seemed that ever since the devastation of the Sunset Dynasty, Jiang Chan had been in seclusion here all these years.
"That girl mentioned you to me."
As Jiang Chan left, the Old Nunnery Master looked at Ye Qiubai and slowly said, "I haven’t given her a Dharma name yet. I can tell she hasn’t completely severed her worldly ties. The karmic connection between you two is not yet resolved."
Hearing this, Ye Qiubai scrutinized the Old Nunnery Master once more. After confirming that there were no traces of immortality cultivation on her, he asked, "Is she... doing well?"
"Her emotional ties aren’t severed, yet she shaves her head and practices seclusion here. What do you think?"
Ye Qiubai remained silent.
The Old Nunnery Master stepped forward. Her eyes, surrounded by wrinkles, were exceptionally bright and clear as she stared at Ye Qiubai and said word by word, "She is a good child and doesn’t deserve to spend her life here. If you’ve lost feelings for her, help her sever them. If not, then take her away."
Ye Qiubai cupped his hands toward the Old Nunnery Master, then turned and left the Main Hall.
Watching Ye Qiubai’s departing figure, the Old Nunnery Master sighed, took out a rusted hairpin from her pocket, and gently stroked it.
"Who among the children here isn’t troubled by love?"
This Nun Temple now looks like a prison...
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Leaving the Main Hall, Jiang Chan sat on the stone steps outside, gazing at the sky in a daze.
Ye Qiubai walked over and also sat down, but kept a bit of distance from Jiang Chan.
"Why didn’t you just tell me back then?"
After a long while, Ye Qiubai asked.
Jiang Chan smiled, "Don’t feel burdened. If I told you, the Jiang family would also be exterminated because of me."
In other words, it was also to protect Ye Qiubai.
At that time, the power of the Sunset Dynasty was greater than both the Ye family and the Jiang family. Ye Qiubai had lost his talent. Once he knew, he would definitely rescue Jiang Chan, forming a deadly grudge with the Sunset Dynasty... leaving no chance for a comeback.
It’s too easy for a major power to crush an underdeveloped cultivator... These tales of the Sons of Providence are not that common.
Ye Qiubai nodded, "Leave this place; I will help you regain your cultivation."
Jiang Chan was taken aback, then smiled softly, "Even here, I’ve heard of your feats over the years, you’re likely unfathomably strong now... that’s great."
In those last two words, there seemed to be a slight tremor in her tone.
Jiang Chan turned her head, took a deep breath, and said, "Regain cultivation outside, and then where to go?"
Ye Qiubai thought for a moment and said, "You can return to the Jiang family, join the Hidden Dao Academy, or travel around to see different landscapes."
There were many options, but none included Ye Qiubai.
Jiang Chan’s eyes dimmed, and she shook her head with a smile, "No need, I’m already tired of the outside world; at least here I can find some peace."
Ye Qiubai clenched his fist.
At this moment, Jiang Chan turned around, saw Ye Qiubai’s slightly gloomy face, and gently stroked his cheek, smiling, "Go, I’ll burn incense here and pray for your safety."
After she finished speaking, Jiang Chan stood up and went back inside.
Ye Qiubai lowered his head, just staring at the somewhat cracked stone slabs, the aura around him beginning to go haywire.
Sword qi suddenly soared into the sky!
The sharp sound of the sword reverberated throughout the Nun Temple.
Ye Qiubai spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his eyes turned black, and he collapsed onto the ground.
The commotion startled the nuns in the temple. They wanted to step forward and check, but the sword qi was too sharp and frenzied, making it impossible to easily get close!
Jiang Chan returned in haste, rushing toward Ye Qiubai.
"Don’t go; it’s dangerous!"
The surrounding nuns loudly warned.
But Jiang Chan ignored them, rushing into the rampaging sword qi.
Now that the fierce sword qi didn’t distinguish between friend and foe, soon, Jiang Chan’s face and arms were covered with fine bloodstains.
When a piece of sword qi was about to hit Jiang Chan’s forehead.
Clang—!
The sound of the clash between refined steel and the sword qi was blocked by a golden barrier that suddenly appeared around Jiang Chan.
If not for this golden barrier, Jiang Chan’s soul would have been annihilated.
But Jiang Chan seemed to have no time to worry about this golden barrier, rushing to Ye Qiubai’s side, kneeling to place his head on her lap, and urgently shouting, "Qiubai! Qiubai!"
"This situation... seems like being counterattacked during a breakthrough?" The Old Nunnery Master appeared beside Jiang Chan at some point.
At this moment, she held a string of Buddhist prayer beads in her hand, from which the golden barrier seemed to be released.
Jiang Chan, tearful, wiped her eyes and said, "How is that possible, Master? He showed no signs of enlightenment or breakthrough just before!"
The Old Nunnery Master shook her head, "Looks like someone sent him here through the Seven Illusionary Array, otherwise how could his Sword Dao be at such a low level, cultivation only at Qi Refinement Third Level?
And besides, that also explains why he suddenly knows the truth and found this place."
Hearing this, Jiang Chan was stunned as well.
She used to be a little Princess of the Jiang family, with great talent in Tianyuan City.
So naturally, she understood the words of the Old Nunnery Master.
Yes, that way it all makes sense.
"Master, what should we do now?" Jiang Chan anxiously asked.
Forgetting for a moment to question why the Old Nunnery Master, who had no cultivation, possessed such treasures that could block this sword qi, or had such a profound understanding of cultivation matters.
The Old Nunnery Master squatted down, sighed, and said, "There is a way, but it requires you to pay a price."
Jiang Chan immediately said, "I’m willing to do anything!"
The Old Nunnery Master looked at Jiang Chan with a pained expression, touched her face, and asked, "Is it worth it?"
"It’s worth it." Without hesitation, Jiang Chan nodded firmly.
"Foolish child..." The Old Nunnery Master took out a scroll. As it unfurled, it turned out to be a formation!
The formation enveloped all three of them entirely.
The sword qi was also isolated by the formation.
People outside couldn’t see what was happening inside, only anxiously waiting outside.
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Meanwhile, in the Yang Dao White Pool.
Ning Chenxin and Hong Ying also succeeded in their insights.
Seeing the Path of Yang swirling violently around Ye Qiubai, with him covered in blood and in a very unstable state, the two were shocked.
"Brother Qu, what happened?!" Ning Chenxin hurriedly asked.
Qu Lv’s expression was grim, "His state of mind has been completely deranged. This happened when he was about to succeed in comprehension; now, we can only pull him out to save his life."