Death… and me

"Chu Yang… Duxing… They're all alright, but I…" Tan Tan suddenly grasped Xie Fengdan's hands tightly, and there's some helplessness in his eyes, "Again and again, hidden power within me would reveal itself, and I have to accept my memories, and… resuscitate. But every time I experienced resuscitation, I would have… huge movements. If I… I was together with them and they realized this, then… they would definitely not give me up to escape. Then, I could only get them into trouble and cause them to die with me together."

He smiled bitterly and sounded as if he was sobbing, "I don't want to leave them… especially Chu Yang. But I have no choice but to do so."

"I don't know what I will eventually become. But I'm scared that I will not become myself," Tan Tan said while his hands which were grasping onto Xie Danfeng's were quivering, "So, I could only force myself to bring you here…"

He gazed deeply at Xie Danfeng. His weird face had become not so weird at the moment, and he said somehow pleadingly, "I need you to constantly remind me that I… I am Tan Tan, and not that person. Not that… that thing!"

Xie Danfeng's eyes moistened.

She held tightly on Tan Tan's hands and said gently, "I'll remember, and I'll remind you. I'll never let you become someone else."

Tan Tan cracked his mouth open and smiled, saying, "Would you blame me for being selfish? For the sake of myself, I've brought you to this icy land…"

Xie Danfeng thought for a while, nodded her head as she said, "I'll blame you! So… you must protect me well in the future. And not become someone else to bully me. This would be salvation for yourself and compensation for me."

Tan Tan finally laughed cheerfully, as his two brows started to jump up and down. He said merrily, "Of course! You don't have to say this, because you're my wife."

"Stop flattering! Who says that… I'm your wife?" Xie Danfeng's voice gradually softened, and even her neck flushed…

"Hahaha…" Tan Tan laughed sheepishly and said, "This is the best place for cultivation! When I'm capable enough, we'll go out together to look for them."

He said cravingly, "Actually, I like most the days when I was with them together."

Xie Danfeng nodded heavily.

"You must cultivate too. Come, try out this technique. Back in time, only the goddess of the Three Stars Divine Clan had the privilege to practice this…"

…

Middle Three Heavens.

This was a jungle.

Seven or eight people were fearfully fleeing for their lives in the jungle.

With a 'swoosh', a figure landed in front of them. His eyes looked very murderous, "Owh owh~~~ You few bastards! You had insulted the Heavenly Armament Pavilion, yet you dare to escape?"

This person wore a strange mask. There was a wolf head on the mask, and it was inscribed with a striking 'Five' word.

It was Young Master Wolf, the Heavenly Armament Pavilion Master. He was Luo Kedi, who was known as the former Sword King Wolf.

The five people knew that they were almost hopeless. They gritted their teeth and said, "Young Master Wolf, you've already eliminated all our family members. Are you thinking of wiping all of us out?"

Luo Kedi snorted and said, "If you had honestly tucked your tails here, I wouldn't even bother to deal with you. Your mistake is that you actually openly attacked the Heavenly Armament Pavilion. So you should be damned!"

The five people howled at the same time, and started to besiege their opponents from five directions.

"Owh owh~~~ You've come at the right moment!" Luo Kedi cried. With a flash of light from his body, his sword was already drawn out!

With a flash and a 'clang' sound, Luo Kedi's sword was drawn back into the sheath. Luo Kedi flew up and arrived at the tree tip with the speed of lightning, and with another flash, he had vanished into the thin air.

In the jungle, the five people stared with disbelief. They touched their throats. At the next instant, blood spurted out of their throats and the five people passed out.

…

Heavenly Armament Pavilion was like a sun in high noon! All big clans must give way to wherever the flag of Heavenly Armament Pavilion was. Even Dark Bamboo had to yield right out of its way.

This was absolutely unthinkable in the past Middle Three Heavens.

Next to the Lake of Despair.

Gu Duxing crawled up of the lake, drenched. With a big howl, he smashed a stone, which weighed 5 tons, into pieces.

"I still can't dive completely down!" Gu Duxing squatted down sadly, asking, "Big brother, where are you? Where exactly are you?!"

He sat at the side of the Lake of Despair and gazed at the lake till the sky turned dark. Then, Gu Duxing finally stood up.

With a scream, Gu Duxing transformed into a ray of sword light. He flew up and dived down like a bolt of lightning…

…

The Mo Clan.

Mo Tianji sat by his desk and was sank in his thoughts as he frowned. In front of him was a piece of white paper with a few big characters written on it. It's clear that he was doing a piece of work. He was planning.

Heavenly Armament Pavilion's cultivation target for the first year.

Gu Duxing, sixth stage Sword Sovereign.

Ji Mo, fifth stage Martial Emperor.

Ao Xieyun…

…

After thinking for a long time, Mo Tianji struck off all the targets that his brothers had reported to him. He changed Gu Duxing's 'sixth stage Sword Sovereign' into 'eighth stage Sword Sovereign', and Ji Mo's 'fifth' into 'seventh'.

Everyone's target was raised by two stages.

He muttered, "Even if he achieved the seventh stage, that would be a stage higher than the sixth stage. All of you follow the Nine Tribulations Sword Master. It's only a small goal, how could you… We must upgrade our cultivations no matter what it costs!"

Someone knocked on the door. Mo Tianji responded. A person then pushed open the door and walked in.

"Uncle, how do you feel today?" Mo Tianji asked as he smiled and raised his head up to look at the person.

He was a Black Devil.

"Better than yesterday," the Black Devil smiled and replied, "I know what you are worrying about recently… So, I thought of a secret method that our Black Devil clan uses. It may be helpful for you."

"Secret method?" Mo Tianji's eyes sparkled.

"The reason why the Black Devil clan is strong isn't because it's good at killing people, but it's good at hiding," the Black Devil laughed, took out a book from his chest pocket and placed it gently on the table, "If you really want to get up to the Upper Three Heavens, then you're going to face strong enemies. Knowing how to hide and be invisible have thus become a compulsory practice."

He placed the book on the table, smiled and limped out, "I'm going to play chess with Old Mo."

Mo Tianji swept his eyes and he began to look grim. This was an old book. Its papers had already turned fragile and it seemed that it would break once touched. God knows how many years this book was already kept for.

The cover was written "Methods for Carrying Out Secret Assassinations".

He carefully flipped open the cover and saw these words written on the first page: A must be invisible while prowling or carrying out assassination; Hide clear waters in the seas, and gold dragons in clear skies.

As Mo Tianji slowly browsed through the pages, the more excited he became.

Finally, after hurriedly finishing a few notes, he sent them out…

…

At another place, Ao Xieyun and Xie Danqiong were practicing martial arts with each other. Both of them were sweaty and looked awkward.

Jasper Flowers flew over to Ao Xieyun. Ao Xieyun had no time to dodge, and his clothes were instantly transformed into butterflies which flew away. Xie Danqiong suddenly screamed and looked at Ao Xieyun's legs.

There were some glittering golden scales attached to Ao Xieyun's legs.

"Xieyun, your dragon scales grew really quickly these few days," Xie Danqiong said excitedly.

"Yes, in recent times, I don't know why but I always dreamt at night that I had become a dragon… It's so weird," Ao Xieyun said with some distress yet anticipation.

"This is, after all, something good," Xie Danqiong said.

"Yes, by this speed, if it doesn't stop growing, it will cover the waist with at most half a year. At that time, the dragon bloodline and treasures could be gotten out. So, I intend to send a message to Mo Tianji and Gu Duxing tomorrow. When the time comes, we'll get the treasures together!" Ao Xieyun said.

Xie Danqiong hesitated for a while and said, "This is goods that your Ao clan has guarded for thousands of years. It's not advantageous if everyone comes."

Ao Xieyun smiled lightly, saying, "In the past when Big Brother Chu is present, he will share every good stuff with all of us. Gu Duxing has followed Big Brother Chu for the longest time, but we don't see Big Brother Chu giving him any special care, right? Everyone is equal… How could I swallow my gains alone?"

He sighed and said, "Moreover, I also understand that if my brothers aren't around, it's not interesting at all. Not to mention how great things there are in the treasure house, even if I concentrate all the power in the Middle Three Heavens, they're still nothing big in the Upper Three Heavens."

"All the people from the nine great clans had come to the Lake of Despair, and we also saw what a style they had put up. But… if they can stand firm on the Nine Heavens, why can't we? How are they stronger than us?!"

Ao Xieyun said angrily, "So I thought of blasting them away together with my brothers. Especially Li Batian, Chen Feichen, and the few bastards from the Shi clan, Xiao clan and Ye clan, I want to get rid of all of them!"

Xie Danqiong laughed out aloud…

At this moment, somebody came to report, "Young master, the Clan Master Mo has requested you to meet him as soon as possible."

Ao Xieyun and Xie Danqiong looked at each other, saying, "Looks like there's something going on. We shall go now."

"Okay. If that's the case, I'll be saved from the burden of passing messages to our brothers. We can go off together from there."

"Yes, let's practice martial arts along the way. We can't be lagged behind those freak brothers…"

"Haha… you're right."

…

At different locations, Ji Mo, Gu Duxing, Luo Kedi and their other brothers also received news from Mo Tianji. All of them began to gather from all directions…

…

Young Master Yu's cave, Far North Wastelands.

Young Master Yu got out of his cave energetically. He waved his hands to close the cave entrance. He soared upwards and rushed hurriedly towards another direction.

"It's such a long time. I wonder how Lady Zhu's closed-door training is going on…" Young Master Yu remembered as he walked, "Don't tell me that bastard Chu Yang was really drowned in the Lake of Despair… That would really become a joke."

"The strange phenomenon was produced by the Nine Tribulations Sword. This means that Nine Tribulations Sword didn't die. If he isn't dead, where could he be now?"

He had no idea after some thoughts, and thought: I shall find Lady Zhu first to settle the marriage between Lulu and me. I don't feel at ease if I lay this matter aside…

…

In this period of time, Big Boss Chu settled himself in the Purple Crystals Huichun Hall and worked hard to earn money.

In the blink of an eye, it was nearly a month since the Purple Crystals Huichun Hall was opened. At the start, Divine Doctor Chu still went to attack people at night, and on the second day, he would rely on giving medical treatments for those injured people to earn purple crystals…