Chapter Seven: The Red Thread of Fated Love

  Time flies ~ A month's time has passed in the blink of an eye ~

  The small hut of Chuyan was completely filled with pale blue light dots, the next moment, those pale blue light dots rushed towards Chuyan at extreme speed, and finally all poured into his crown.

  "Wow!"

  In the lower abdomen, a third strand of pale blue gas condensed and emerged, which also means that Chu Yan has entered the third layer of the Qi Refining stage. In just one month, he broke through to the third layer of the Qi Refining stage. Such cultivation would no longer be expelled from the peak.

  "Dong Dong~"

  The sound of the copper gong rang out, and Chu Yan couldn't think anymore. Using the Spirit Suppressing Stone, he suppressed his cultivation to the first layer of Qi Refining and walked out of the small thatched cottage.

  In the middle of Feilong Peak, on the bluestone road, Chu Yan walked with two buckets of water as usual.

  At this time, five or six core disciples happened to be walking down from the mountain.

  "Eh yo, isn't this our Chu Shidi? Has everyone heard the news? Our Chu Shidi was struck by lightning and had his mind opened up, a waste turned into a genius!"

  Wu Renxing gave Chu Yan a glance, then spoke to the people beside him in a mysterious and arrogant tone, as the tenth-ranked talented disciple of Fei Long Peak, he thought he had some capital to be proud.

  "Wu Shixiong, you're wrong this time. A piece of trash will always be a piece of trash and won't have any luck. Our Chu Shidi is indeed capable of cultivating, and that's a top-notch spiritual root that only one in a hundred thousand people can have, a five-element spiritual root! Haha!"

  Li Shikuan, a core disciple standing beside Wu Renxing, ranked thirteenth among the Feilong Peak disciples, hastily echoed in agreement.

  "Hey, trash should have the awareness of being trash. Some trash even wants to eat swan meat like a toad, that's just shameless! You think so too, right, Chu Shidi?"

  Wu Renxing's face was cold and smiling, his eyes staring straight at Chu Yan.

  "Junior brother doesn't know what Senior Brother Wu means, please lend it to me, junior brother is going to fetch water."

  Chu Yan's voice was flat and emotionless, without a hint of emotional fluctuation.

  "Hey kid, who gave you the guts to talk to us like that in front of Wu Shixiong?"

  A somewhat burly young man directly kicked Chu Yan with one foot.

  Chu Yan quickly raised his arms to block in front of his chest, and was knocked back half a step by the blow. Chu Yan lifted his head, his eyes coldly staring straight at the young man.

  "Hey kid, what's with the staring? Your gaze is piercing! I'm so scared ~ haha ~."

  That tall and sturdy young man only felt a chill run down his spine when he met Chu Yan's icy gaze, his face changed slightly, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile.

  In a corner of the mountain~

  "Sister, isn't that Chu Yan? He's being bullied!"

  Huang Xiaowen pulled at Hua Mengqi's sleeve and said.

  Huā Mèng Qí's face was a bit knotted, and she let out a sigh in her heart. When she heard that Chǔ Yán had recovered his cultivation ability, she was overjoyed, and she really looked forward to the day when Chǔ Yán would regain his former glory. However, things didn't go as she wished, and Chǔ Yán actually became a top-notch waste with a Five-Spirit Root. This made her wonder how to choose - should she give up everything she had fought for just for the current Chǔ Yán? She really couldn't do it!

  "Chu Shi Di, it seems you're really shameless today! I've heard that this useless thing has some brute strength. Brothers, let's see what skills you have today!"

  Wu Renxing said with a playful face, while several others looked at Wu Renxing preparing to take action, also rubbing their fists.

  "It's just a few dog legs, if you want to hit them, go ahead, but don't lose face for your master!"

  Chu Yan coldly snorted, after Qi Tian Lie had identified his own Five Spirit Roots, he absolutely didn't have the time to bother with himself again. These people who came to provoke him were probably acting on the orders of that 'good senior brother' of his.

  Chu Yan will not retreat, on Fei Long Peak, no one dares to make a move. Although he can't reveal his spiritual power cultivation, his physical strength is now almost the same as that of a sixth-layer cultivator in the Qi Refining stage. Among the three people, except for Wu Ren Xing who has reached the peak of the sixth layer of the Qi Refining stage, the others are only at the fifth layer, and he can take them on, even if he loses, he will still be able to peel off a layer of their skin.

  Chu Yan's momentum gathered, just about to make a move, but then he heard:

  "Everybody stop!"

  A woman of breathtaking beauty wore a white dress and rode a flying sword, like an immortal descending to the mortal world, making people dare not have any impure thoughts.

  "Big sister~"

  When they saw Hua Mengqi, Wu Renxing and several others hastily lowered their heads and respectfully said.

  "Do you have a lot of time to practice?"

  Huā Mèng Qí's voice was icy as she spoke to the few people.

  Several people did not dare to speak and remained silent.

  "Less than half a year left until the sect's grand competition, I hope you all won't frame Feilong Peak ~ disperse!"

  Wu Renxing and others listened to Hua Mengqi's words, unable to speak, and when they left, Wu Renxing and others all looked at Chu Yan with disdain.

  Huā Mèng Qí wanted to help Chǔ Yán pick up the water bucket that had fallen to the ground, "I can do it myself!" Chǔ Yán put the two water buckets back on his shoulders and turned around instantly:

  Two people facing each other, Huā Mèng Qí's eyes were filled with complex emotions, while Chǔ Yán's eyes were a picture of indifference.

  "If it doesn't work out, then don't force it, being an ordinary person is fine too! Okay... sorry..."

  Huā Mèng Qí couldn't help but notice that Chǔ Yán's current cultivation was only at the first layer of Qi Refining, yet in just three months, he had broken through to the third layer? This was absolutely impossible, not to mention regaining his former glory. Although Huā Mèng Qí still had feelings for Chǔ Yán in her heart, she had already given up on him when it came to their future cultivation prospects, just like three years ago.

  "Hehe, thank you~"

  Chu Yan's resolute face was adorned with a faint, icy smile that seemed to freeze the air around him, and his throat choked out these two words.

  The pain was a kind of inexpressible pain, like a knife cutting into the heart with every stroke.

  Chu Yan turned around and walked away with a bucket of water, his footsteps somewhat unsteady.

  Hua Mengqi was adopted by Chu Changtian and his wife, and had been with Chu Yan since childhood. Chu Yan regarded her as the most important person in his life besides his parents. When Chu Yan finally understood what love meant, he fell in love with her. For her sake, he and his parents went to the southwestern mountains to find the legendary Tianyao Fire Lotus, but his parents died saving him, while she betrayed him, betraying not only himself but also his adoptive parents.

  Sorry? Is this her choice? Three years have passed, Chu Yan thought he had long since lost all feelings for this ungrateful woman, and what was left was only hatred. But today, Hua Meng Qi's simple words made him realize that he still loved this woman deeply. However, by the time she finished speaking, his heart was completely shattered, crushed into tiny, almost invisible powder.

  Looking at Chu Yan's desolate back, Hua Mengqi felt as if something was stuck in her throat. Although she hesitated for a moment, she had no regrets about her choice. It was better to end everything sooner rather than later.

  "Hua Shi Jie, Chu Yan will never love you again from now on, forever and ever, never again..."

  Flushed eyes but no tears fell ~

  The silhouette of a young man under the sunset stretches far away~

  "Sorry, young master..."

  Upon hearing this, her heartstrings were deeply moved. The beauty's fingers snapped, and on her face that was about to break down, two lines of clear tears hung, a quivering voice accompanied by a heart-wrenching sorrow, no one knew what kind of heartache it was!

  From now on, you and I will part ways, from now on, no more lingering affection, from now on, this is your choice, also mine!

  P.S: The emotional scenes in this book will be very exciting, I hope friends can give more support and collect it, thank you!