Chapter Eleven: The Choice

  Time flies, June 14th. Today is nothing special, but tomorrow's assessment for the entire Fei Long Peak disciples is of great significance. All the disciples on Fei Long Peak are busy and nervous today.

  Disciples who haven't reached the third layer of Qi Refining are making their last-ditch efforts, hoping to rely on dumb luck to break through. Some disciples with decent cultivation are diligently practicing their spells and sword techniques, each wanting to enter the top ten in the Peak Assessment and seize the coveted opportunity to participate in the Sect's Grand Competition.

  Chu Yan still carried water as usual on the bluestone road, but what was different from before was that this time there was a large black chicken standing on his shoulder, making people feel strange and unbearable.

  As long as the big black chicken is by his side, the spiritual power in Chu Yan's body will vibrate, and the speed of the "Xuan Zhong Shui Jue" operation becomes extremely fast. Therefore, although Chu Yan thinks that the big black chicken looks a bit ugly, he still likes to carry it with him.

  But this guy just lingered around Chuyan for the roasted meat and didn't acknowledge Chuyan as its master, nor did it like to enter the spiritual beast bag. Instead, it liked to stand on Chuyan's shoulder and would crow at any time, as if afraid others wouldn't know it was a rooster. Chuyan was speechless.

  "Oh oh oh~"

  The big black chicken stood on Chu Yan's shoulder and came in a mood again, loudly crowing.

  At this time, several disciples of Fei Long Feng came over, and it was Wu Ren Xing and his group again.

  "Hey, isn't this our Master Chu?"

  "No, Brother Shifu, you've forgotten. There's no such thing as Master Chu here. He's just a shameless, insolent cur."

  "What's on his shoulder? Haha, I'm dying of laughter!"

  "Big brother, isn't that a fat crow over there? Haha, Chu Da Shao really has good taste, treating a crow as a pet!"

  "Tomorrow is the assessment inside the peak, I'm afraid we'll be kicked out of Feilong Peak, haha!"

  "Oh, don't say that, I have a woman protecting me from behind! Haha~"

  ……

  Wu Renxing and several others had a playful expression on their faces, with cold ridicule and sarcasm in their mouths.

  Chu Yan was unmoved, treating them as if they were air. Another month of day and night bitter cultivation passed, and with the help of Ling Ye and Da Hei Ji, Chu Yan broke through again, reaching the eighth layer of the Qi Refining stage. Cultivating immortality is a path where every promotion to a higher level is more difficult than before. If people knew that Chu Yan went from the first layer of Qi Refining to the eighth layer in just three months, they would probably think that Chu Yan was possessed by a thousand-year-old demon.

  With Chu Yan's current cultivation and flexible use of magic, it would be easy to annihilate these guys, but Chu Yan didn't want to expose his true strength because of these small fries. Not worth it! Tomorrow everything will become clear, and tomorrow Chu Yan will ruthlessly trample them underfoot.

  "Indeed, he's a useless good-for-nothing, haha~"

  As Chu Yan didn't turn back, a man looked at his back and continued to scold loudly.

  Chu Yan furrowed his brow and walked away with the water bucket, but at the same time a stream of water spirit power shot out from under his feet into the earth, constantly flowing through it, until it reached half a step behind the man who was shouting. The water spirit power spread out, and the soil beneath the seemingly ordinary ground had already become completely loose.

  "Let's go, it's not worth wasting our breath on such trash."

  Watching Chu Yan 'falling flower and escape', Wu Ren Xing's heart was greatly relieved, he suddenly turned around and took a step forward, but unexpectedly, his right foot sank into the ground. However, the momentum of this step had already been decided, and because of this guy's great mood, the force was still very strong, so his entire body fell forward, and at the same time, there was a clear 'crack' sound of bone breaking.

  "Oh no, my leg, my leg?"

  ……

  Emerald Willow Residence

  This is a rather large courtyard, in the center of the yard, a woman wearing a pale blue skirt floats with a three-foot flying sword in front of her. The flying sword has an ancient style, full of complex patterns, overflowing with azure light, constantly changing its trajectory in mid-air.

  The girl was born with a beautiful face and a slender figure, just like an immortal who did not eat the smoke and fire of the mortal world. At this time, her willow eyebrows were slightly furrowed, her cherry lips whispered incantations, and her hands continuously cast complex hand seals.

  Suddenly, a bright blue light burst forth from the sky, and a layer of pale blue water curtain fell from the flying sword.

  Looking at the ripples on the water screen in front of her, a woman's eyes had a hint of confusion, and a picture from the past gradually became clear in her mind:

  "Sister-in-law, you've reached the fifth level of Qi Refining Stage? Hehe, I'm already at the seventh level."

  "Master, don't call me 'wife', we haven't gotten married yet!"

  In a courtyard, a lovely girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old with a bright red face and an angry expression stood in front of a boy who was half a head shorter than her.

  "Heh heh, alright, wife, I'll call you Huashi Jie from now on!"

  "You"

  "Ah, right! Old... Ah, Flower Sister, this is for you!"

  The little boy was all smiles, and a flash of light appeared on the cloth bag at his waist. An ancient-style flying sword floated in mid-air.

  "What? How can this be? This was personally refined by Master for you, I won't..."

  "Oh dear, where did all these things come from? You're my wife, aren't my belongings yours too? Take them, take them, I'll go back and ask Dad to forge another one."

  The little boy didn't let the girl say more, and with one move, he pressed the flying sword into the girl's hand.

  The girl was stubborn, but seeing a hint of flirtation in the little boy's eyes, she didn't care whether it was physical or psychological that made the boy mature earlier, let alone the fact that the girl was eight years older than the boy.

  The little boy didn't notice anything, but he was anxious and said: "Sister Hua, hurry up and refine it, let's see how this flying sword is!"

  "Hmm"

  The girl's face turned slightly red as she shed a drop of her own blood to refine the flying sword.

  "Sister, you're going to disperse the spiritual energy in this flying sword into a straight line at its center, and then quickly move it horizontally. There will be a surprise!"

  The girl did as she was told, and a bead of sweat appeared on her forehead. A faint blue glow suddenly rose from the flying sword in the sky, followed by a layer of water curtain falling from the air, which happened to separate the little boy and the girl on both sides of the water curtain.

  "How's that, Master Sister? This pale blue water curtain can both defend against attacks and trap the enemy, capable of both offense and defense. It's my own creation, isn't it awesome?! Master Sister, you..."

  The little boy had just spoken to the point when he saw a girl with rosy cheeks and beautiful eyes staring at him from the other side of the rippling light blue water screen, as if she could drip out water. The little boy suddenly blushed.

  The girl saw the little boy discover her abnormality and was suddenly so ashamed that she couldn't help but ask in a mosquito-like voice: "This, this flying sword is called what?"

  "Let's just call it Autumn Water Sword!"

  The little boy laughed like a flower.

  The screen is shattered ~ everything ultimately is just the past ~

  "Hmm"

  Due to Huā Mèng Qí's momentary distraction, the Autumn Water Sword in the sky lost its spiritual power and fell to the ground. Huā Mèng Qí looked at the Autumn Water Sword on the ground, and two streams of tears flowed down her face like congealed fat.

  "Master, do you know? Qi'er's heart hurts..."

  Huā Mèng Qí covered her chest, who else could understand her sorrow? She had thought she could forget Chǔ Yán, but the words he spoke when leaving that day, "Huā Shī Jiě, Chǔ Yán will never love you again, forever and ever," kept pounding in Huā Mèng Qí's heart, a piercing pain.

  But since it's already been given up on, then it can only be given up on. Tomorrow is the assessment within the peak, and Chu Yan will definitely be expelled from Fei Long Peak. The two of them have no future together.

  "Maybe this is just one's own fate!"

  Huā Mèng Qí's beautiful eyes were filled with worry, as Jiān Tiān Liè had already given her an order to hold a dual cultivation ceremony with Qiú Diāo Mù after the sect's grand competition. She had long known about Qiú Diāo Mù's intentions and Huā Mèng Qí was prepared to accept it all.

  In front of the small hut

  A woman appeared in Chu Yan's line of sight.

  This woman was familiar to Chu Yan. She was the one who often accompanied Hua Meng Qi. Seeing her, Chu Yan had a bad premonition in his heart.

  "I've been waiting for you for a long time, this is from Hua Shi Jie for you."

  Huang Xiaowen handed an envelope over to Chu Yan.

  When Chu Yan saw the three big words on the envelope, he felt a shock in his head.

  "Divorce Letter"

  Chu Yan's hands were slightly stiff as he opened the envelope, and on a white piece of paper, there were only eleven words:

  "Fated to be together yet destined to part, immortals and mortals are different, don't force it."

  "Haha ~ Good fortune and misfortune, good distinction between immortals and mortals, don't force it? How can I, Chu Yan, a seven-foot-tall man, be entangled in romantic feelings?"

  At the sight of these few lines, Chu Yan burst out laughing and bit his finger, writing wildly under those eleven ruthless words.

  Chu Yan put the letter back into the envelope and handed it to Huang Xiaowen, then turned around and walked into the small thatched cottage.

  Looking at Chu Yan's appearance, Huang Xiaowen left with a complicated mood. Not long after, a figure wearing a green robe walked out from behind the tree.

  "Chu Yan"

  A clear and somewhat familiar voice entered Chu Yan's ears. Chu Yan walked out of the small thatched hut and saw the person's face was a bit complicated:

  "How did you end up coming here?"

  If Wen didn't answer Chu Yan's question, but instead stared at him with a dead gaze.

  Facing Wen Nai's icy gaze, Chu Yan already felt guilty in his heart. At this moment, he only felt a chill run down his spine and didn't know what to say.

  "Are you going to pass the assessment in Feng Nei?! Did you hear me?! You must enter the top ten of Fei Long Peak! Did you hear me?! You are not allowed to die before the sect's grand competition! Did you hear me?!"

  Chu Yan was thoroughly stunned this time, his eyes looking at Ruo Xi as if she were a monster. The usually cold and frugal with words Ruo Xi had never spoken so many words to anyone before.

  If Wen was stared at by Chu Yan's unscrupulous gaze, his face felt a little hot, and he threw a savings bag at Chu Yan before taking out the flying sword and leaving.

  "Remember your life is not just yours!"

  The sky echoed with words as cold as ice from Wen Xiang.

  Opening the pouch, he saw two middle-grade magic artifacts and two 'Breaking Taboo Pills'. Chu Yan's heart was suddenly filled with a warm current. The faint fragrance on the flying sword entered his nostrils, sweeping away his earlier feelings of loss.

  At the same time when I was at my most difficult moment, one choice gave up on me, and another choice treated me with such kindness.

  Looking at the figure of the beauty disappearing into the distance, he recalled the tone that was almost like a command earlier. A resolute glint flashed across Chu Yan's face.

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