It had been at noon when Wuyou woke up. She felt her head was splitting. Last night, she dreamt something about the past again. Memory was so strange that the thing became harder to erase when one tried the best to forget, instead, it would turn into a brand and was imprinted in her heart. When one was overwhelmed with certain kind of emotion, he/she could feel the pain as if being in the scene. Now, Xu Linghe was experiencing that. Not until he entered the woman"s dream last night did he realize what difficulities the woman had gone through. He could not get over the pain. In the past, Grandmaster brooded on the marriage of Xu Linghe and the little woman. Tomorrow, Grandmaster would come to the Immense Sea, and Xu Linghe wanted Grandmaster to see his wife and his child, hoping to receive Grandmaster"s blessings.
For the Ninth-level Heaven and the Immense Sea, they seemed to obey a rule— none might encroach upon the precincts of another. So Zhu Jiuyin was pondering the invitation sent suddenly by Emperor Jun and decided to be alert to him when thinking about Emperor Jun"s subtlety in the past. Although the Immense Sea declined, at the beginning of The Chaos it was once a cradle of wisdom of the three realms, while the Ninth-level Heaven could not have a name at that time and the Yan tribe had been still in a wasteland. Who had known that the little leader of the Yan tribe had been able to annex hundreds of other tribes and become a non-negligible force in the three realm? Zhu Jiuyin thought he should proceed with great caution, afraid that it would be a banquet where Emperor Jun had certain scheme. But he could not reject the invitation, because such an act would dwarf Zhu Jiuyin as a suspicious man. Through discussions and consultations in the Imperial Court, no more suitable solutions came out, so the result was that the Master of the Immense Sea went to the Heavenly Court, escorted by several valiant soldiers. And the b.l.o.o.d.y army stayed in Si Shui and guarded there. The Heavenly Book meant a lot to Zhu Jiuyin, and he even used ma.s.sive forced willingly to watch over Black Emperor and the G.o.ddess of the Moon. On the other side. When Shenzong came to the Immense Sea, Ying Fu held a welcome dinner for him. Xu Linghe brought Xiao Douya specially for Shenzong to see Wuyou and the child. Wuyou wore the new clothing that Granny Moon had tailored for her. In the mirror, the woman smiled with happiness, and she wore her mask and walked out of the courtyard. Xu Linghe held her hands tightly, and Xiao Douya grinned all over because the uncle whom he loved loved the mother so much. Ying Fu was agape with his eyes about to drop out, and he never thought that Xu Linghe took the action so fast. On the contrary, Chengyi was silent. After all, Chengyi was just a Junior Brother and did not have right to say anything. Shenzong walked in front of all and could not stand to see that any longer, so he threw a cold glance at the woman, wanting to scare the masked woman. However, the woman just focused on Xiao Douya. Seeing that, Ying Fu could not help but let out a long sigh, wondering why Shenzong was so stubborn. Although being senior to Shenzong, Ying Fu looked more like an old urchin. Liu Ruoshui walked behind them and seperated herself from the woman by a strike. Not knowing why, she was unwilling to see the woman. The group of people walked across the street to the restaurant named "Lai Yue". Wuyou seldom came to restaurants, but Xiao Douya rushed to the restaurant"s door and revealed his greed for food. His chubby legs ran so fast that he could leave the adults far behind him. Because Xiao Douya was once taken away by Nascent Soul, Wuyou did not dare to be careless and followed Xiao Douya closely. Shenzong scowled at the child"s naughty behavior. Because the Ninth-level Heaven was going to hold a feast and the Immense Sea was the only way which must be pa.s.sed, all the Immortals in all directions flooded to the Immense Sea. A constant stream of visitors made Lai Yue Restaurant extremely hot and busy. Xu Linghe was arranged in the restaurant"s hall, where most of the guests were spirit-cultivators. For Xiao Douya, all he wanted was the meat. He was almost impatient to take the food, but he had to get his mother"s permission. However today, his mother kept lowering her head, Uncle Xu behaved cautiously, and even Uncle Cheng who used to play with him in the ordinary times fell silent. Delicious foods on the table were steaming hot, but the adutls seemed to forget those delicious food. Xiao Douya looked around with his bulging eyes. He found that all was due to the Grandpa sitting in the center. Then, a plan came to Xiao Douya"s little mind. His chubby legs got rid of his mother"s hug and strode to Shenzong. When Wuyou realized it, Xiao Douya had climbed up to Shenzong"s legs. Ying Yu would like to see how Shenzong would react to it. Chengyi"s jaw dropped with shock. It seemed that Xiao Douya was really heaven-daring. Junior Uncle Grandmaster disliked most that anybody got close to him. When Chengyi was a little boy, he once climbed to Grandmaster"s body to ingratiate him, however, he was thrown by Grandmaster into a room called "Ze Xue". Even now Chengyi shivered when recalling it. He only hoped that Grandmaster would not punishe the child. After all, Xiao Douya was rather cute, though Xiao Douya"s mother looked a bit ugly.
"Grandpa, my name is Xiao Douya."
Shenzong"s coldness could not frighten Xiao Douya"s enthusiasm off. Xiao Douya took out something from his arms, a piece of cookies as tough as teeth could be broken when biting it. He opened his mouth and tried to have a bite, unexpectedly one of his teeth dropped. Seeing it, Xu Linghe could not help but jerk the corner of his mouth. How could Xiao Douya play such a poor trick on Grandmaster? Ying Fu was sitting beside, watching this dumb show. This little kid, to enjoy the delicious food, tried his best to play in front of Shenzong, biting his tooth off by the hard cookies to show that he was starved to death. The kid played it Shenzong, as if he wanted to say, "How can you not have any mercy on me, as you"ve seen that I am eating the cookies that can make my tooth broken?" Ying Fu had a high opinion on Xiao Douya"s mind. Even Shenzong himself had seen a lot of naughty and unruly children, but he had not seen a child had such wit. He was not a common child. Watching the kid"s eyes fixed on the dishes, Shenzong picked up a small chicken wing to him. Xiao Douya looked at the delicious food and flipped his lips loudly. The embarra.s.sing atmosphere on the dinner was finally broken by Xiao Douya. Ying Fu filled the cups with wine and tasted with Shenzong. Wuyou sat beside quietly. Along the way, Shenzong"s att.i.tude to her was quite clear— he did not like Wuyou. After drinking the bitter wine, Wuyou felt more depressed. Since her husband looked up to his Grandmaster, how could Wuyou let her husband fall into a dilemma. Then, bitterness welled up and tears blurred her eyes. Then, a big hand wrapped her small hand tightly.
"Today, I have one thing to discuss with Junior Uncle Grandmaster."
"Oh? I"ll listen."
"I want to marry Jiang Wuyou and hope Junior Uncle Grandmaster will grant it."
Shenzong had predicted it already. If Shenzong had been what he used to be, he would never allow Xu Linghe to get married. But after he saw the soul of the G.o.ddess of the Moon that night, Shenzong became not so impersonal as before. In fact, he was not iron-hearted, but just got hardened due to the love hurt. When he was young, he also loved someone deeply. He met his Junior Sister in his best times, and gave his purest affection to his beloved woman. But in the end, nothing left but hurt and betrayal. Now his heart was as hard as an iron bastion. When the heart was broken, it was liked being soaked in iron water and got rusty in it. Because only in this way could his heart feel no ache. But all were only a sh.e.l.l game. No matter how hard Shenzong tried to numb himself, he had to wake up now. And he also wondered whether he was right or wrong as he once sealed up He"er"s loving emotion with the hope that it would bring less loving torture to his grand disciple. Shenzong asked himself several times: love was the most selfish emotion in the world, which could torture you, but you were unable to do nothing. It hid somewhere in your body. When you met someone whom you were eager to be with for a lifetime, love would appear and set against your reason unscrupulously. When love controlled your mind one day, you would be reduced to its slave, even willing to be enslaved by it. Obviously, grand disciple"s love was inflexible, and Shenzong could not help but have a high opinion of Xu Linghe in this regard. "It"s true that only the brave and dauntless people could attain true love. If I had been much braver and taken less responsibilities, perhaps it would have been another result. My Master would not die. But everything is doomed. So there is no "if" in the world."
"Let"s discuss it later. Now we should save Black Emperor out first. As for what will happen in the future, I cannot control that too much."
"Junior Uncle Grandmaster, thank you for your agreement."
Wuyou did not imagine that Shenzong would accept her. Of course, with the senior"s blessing, love would last longer. Wuyou understood it well. Because she loved her husband, she would not let her husband do anything that would go against his will. She preferred that their love would develop as it should be, and also was fond of his husband"s smile. She was willing to devote herself to keeping his warm smile. The true essence of love was to give, not to ask. Love was so simple. However, Chengyi was bewildered about Grandmaster"s att.i.tude, puzzled about what had happened to Grandmaster. How could Grandmaster agree on the marriage between Senior Brother and the masked woman? Chengyi looked at them in incredulity, but when he looked over his shoulder and saw the Junior Sister, Chengyi finally believed it because tears began sprouting in Junior Sister"s eyes. Well, Senior Brother chose the ugly woman instead of Junior Sister, so how could Junior Sister not feel grieved? But Shenzong could not care too much, and he lifted up the cup and drank up the wine three times with Ying Fu. Since Shenzong had seen the soul of the G.o.ddess of the Moon that night, he had taken all easy. Although the hurt that the G.o.ddess of the Moon had left on him was hard to cure, it would become scarred one day in the future.
When they finished the dinner, they found that there was something unusual in the restaurant, which was permeated with corpses" Qi. Wuyou held her child tightly. Young as Xiao Douya was, he had seen blood before.
He began consoling Wuyou instead. Shenzong put down the cup and gave a meaningful look to Ying Fu. Obviously, it came for Shenzong. The news did spread quickly. The moment Shenzong came to the Immense Sea, he was targeted. Afraid that innocent persons would be hurt, Shenzong was about to come out of the restaurant. However, a gust of wind barricaded the door, and the devil army surrounded outside.
"Senior Brother, we haven"t seen each other for a long time. Are you still well?"
Chidi was escorted by the devil army, followed by Nascent Soul in a state of exaltation. It seemed that Nascent Soul had forgetten his humiliating failure in Kunlun. And Di Qing was not content with creating happiness in human world, instead, he followed Chidi to tyrannically abuse his power. Xu Linghe would like to see what these persons got. Wuyou saw the female ghost again. At the sight of Wuyou, Xiao Ba hid herself immediately with fear, but was forced back by Yu Xuanji. In fact, Xiao Ba, the little ghost, just wanted herself to become more beautiful. But if she had to paid her life for others, she was unwilling to do it. The two parties confronted each other. The devil army were waiting for Chidi"s order. But Shenzong totally disdained this sc.u.m, because all things were caused by him. If it had not been for Chidi"s instigation, Junior Sister and Master would have been alive, and Junior Sister would not have suffered a lot. Then, Shenzong condensed his Spirit Power, while Chidi waved his sleeves, and the devil army rushed forward. The Flowing Light Sword blocked the devil soldiers. Nascent Soul hid behind Chidi, because he had seen the power of this divine device in the underground palace. Di Qing condensed his Spirit Power as well and smashed out. Xu Linghe gave out a thrust, and Di Qing was pushed out of the restaurant. Xu Linghe followed out, and Wuyou held Xiao Douya and came out of the restaurant as well. In the vast place, Di Qing changed himself into the Black Dragon, while Flowing Light diffused its Spiritual Qi. Di Qing could not block it at all. With one round, Di Qing was defeated. Xu Linghe pressed hard, and the Black Dragon leapt into the sky and its giant tail chopped at Xu Linghe. The Flowing Light Sword cleaved toward the dragon tail and split it in tatters. Di Qing flew into the devil army, and Xu Linghe followed him closely to the devil army"s camp to protect his Grandmaster. Numerous devil soldiers flooded to them. Afraid of harming the innocent, Shenzong jumped into the sea of clouds. And the devil soldiers on the ground followed Chidi to the clouds as well. Shenzong held the Heavenly Mirror in his hand. Seeing the Heavenly Mirror, Nascent Soul freaked out with fear, because he had already known the power of the Heavenly Mirror. When Shenzong called Po Xi out, the devil soldiers scampered away in all directions, since these soldiers had suffered it before, totally neglecting Chidi"s order. But Di Qing was the first to confront Po Xi. On the cloud, Po Xi read the incantation. Black Dragon billowed in the thunderbolt. Po Xi condensed her Spirit Power in the thunderbolt, and then Black Dragon spooked with heavy black smoke coming from its whole body. Chidi waved his spiritual palms, and then the fleeing devil soldiers rushed to Shenzong again. Po Xi thrust another thunderbolt. The devil army who were advancing irresistibly were defeated by the thunderbolt. Shenzong strenghtened his Spirit Power. Po Xi"s divine instrument suspended in the mid-air, and her fingers injected power into it. Then, lightening illuminated the night sky, leaving the devil soldiers howling everywhere. Chidi also knew some technique about thunderbolt, but his ability appeared insignificant when compared to Po Xi"s. Po Xi was the G.o.ddess of Thunder and Lightening, while Chidi had just returned to his devil position power. Chidi once believed that he was the most formidable one, however, he ended up with such a bleak failure, which did bring an unbearble shame to him, since he even could not defeat a woman! Chidi once thought that he would have some chance to win today, but out of his expectation, his soldiers were so cowardly that they ran away faster than anyone else. However, Chidi would not surrender willingly. Even Shenzong had the momentum to overpower him, Chidi would not retreat. Then, Shenzong gestured and gathered his Spirit Power, and Po Xi spread the thunderbolt. Seeing the things going worse, Chidi formed a Spritual network immediately.