Chapter 34: Solitude in the Clouds (First Update, Seeking Recommendations and Bookmarks)

  "Yun Xiao, my friend, I have already made a vow to the Tongtian Sect Master before, and there is an unbearable bitter reason for it." Shen Gongbao chased after Yun Xiao, shouting urgently.

  Yun Xiao stopped in her tracks, gazing at Shen Gongbao's anxious face. The faint anger on her face melted away like ice and snow, and she couldn't help but smile slightly. Shen Gongbao felt as though the beauty before him was like a hundred flowers blooming, breathtakingly beautiful and beyond compare.

  Yun Xiao lightly laughed and said: "I know, hehe, I just wanted to see if you really are as tight-lipped as the teacher said!"

  "Ah...!" Shen Gongbao was speechless, Yun Xiao suddenly became cheeky, and it really wasn't letting people live.

  "Hehe..." Yun Xiao laughed happily, her clear and crisp laughter spreading through the air like a skylark's song, lingering in Shen Gong Bao's heart, her beautiful figure trembling slightly, causing Shen Gong Bao to indulge in endless fantasies, lost in thought once again.

  "Cough, cough!" Suddenly Yun Xiao lightly coughed a few times, slightly adjusted her skirt, and looked at Shen Gong with a solemn expression: "Shen Dao friend, I understand your intentions, but since childhood, I have followed my teacher to cultivate the Tao. My heart has been devoted to serving my teacher and cultivating the Tao, nothing else."

  When Yun Xiao said this, Shen Gong's face changed color and turned pale in an instant. His heart felt like it was being cut with a knife. Although Yun Xiao saw this, he continued to say: "Moreover, the path of cultivation requires not only great perseverance and determination but also a firm and unshakeable mind that can eliminate all kinds of attachments and break through countless obstacles before one can attain the Great Way."

  Shen Gong Bao said in a slightly hoarse voice: "But I don't know what the implied meaning of Yun Xiao Dao friend's words is?"

  "Thanks to Shendao's sympathy, Yunxiao is deeply moved and grateful. However, Yunxiao never had the intention of seeking a Daoist partner. Moreover, I have seen Shendao lose composure in front of me many times, and worldly emotions have already affected Shendao's Daoist heart. Obviously, Yunxiao has become an obstacle in Shendao's mind. If Shendao can see through this obstacle, his cultivation will definitely make rapid progress!"

  Shen Gong Bao heard this and thought back to the several times he had met Yun Xiao, realizing that he was easily flustered and his mind was unstable. At first, he thought it was just because he had fallen in love with Yun Xiao at first sight, but now that Yun Xiao mentioned it, he suddenly realized that perhaps he had indeed unknowingly fallen into a kind of demonic entanglement.

  I was only thinking about how to get Yun Xiao's approval, infinitely amplifying my own **, but I didn't realize that I had deviated from the unbiased and upright Taoist heart in ignorance, and my obsession had disturbed my mind. At this time, it has not erupted yet, if in the future, the heart demon multiplies, the Taoist heart is swallowed, and years of bitter practice will become a waste.

  "What a close call!" Shen Gong Bao let out a light sigh, and bowed deeply to Yun Xiao: "Thank you, Yun Xiao, for waking me up. I'm eternally grateful!"

  Yun Xiao smiled lightly and said: "It's enough that fellow daoist understands, and this matter was also caused by me, no need to thank."

  After understanding his own heart, Shen Gong Bao felt the pain was unbearable, and his expression returned to normal. He said: "However, Yun Xiao Dao friend, I will still pursue you until I get your true heart."

  "Oh?" Yun Xiao's eyebrows rose, and he chuckled: "It's not that Yun Xiao is hitting on a fellow Taoist, but rather Yun Xiao thinks his own heart is firm and has never had the intention of seeking a Taoist partner. If you have the courage, I can test whether your heart is as firm as you think it is!"

  Shen Gong Bao burst out laughing and said: "It's settled then! I believe I can move you!"

  "Don't be too quick to boast, my friend!" Yun Xiao laughed and said.

  "A person cultivates the Tao, but what they pursue is not an unfeeling Tao. If it were, then this great Tao would be no better than nothing at all. Even if one attains such an unfeeling Tao, after countless eons, it would still be like sitting on a withered tree stump, devoid of even half a bit of joy." Shen Gongbao said slowly: "Moreover, the Tianxian Sect Master is a sage with emotions and righteousness, I believe his disciples are also this way. Yun Xiao, as a fellow practitioner, values fraternal bonds extremely highly, so why can't there be familial affection?"

  Yun Xiao gave a cold glance at Shen Gong Bao and said, "Fellow Taoist, you are eloquent and quick-witted. I won't argue with you, let time verify everything. Let's see whose willpower and my Tao heart will win in the end."

  "Good!" Sheng Gong Bao clapped his hands together, feeling a great sense of amusement in his heart. His pursuit of Yun Xiao had turned into a competition, and regardless of who won or lost in the end, he was certain that he and Yun Xiao would definitely become good friends. This, to him, was enough.

  Then the two of them flew towards Sanxian Island, but soon after, Shen Gongbao suddenly let out a soft hum and said: "Below seems to be a strong aura of evil energy, I wonder if Yun Xiao has noticed it?"

  Yun Xiao nodded, "Not bad, I also felt it, but I don't know why there is something ominous in the East Sea, and its ominous aura is so sharp that even if we are in a high altitude of ten thousand feet, we can still perceive it."

  "Just go and take a look to know!" said Shen Gongbao, and then he went down with Yun Xiao from the cloud top, heading towards the source of the ominous aura.

  Before they even approached the source, Shen Gong and Bai heard a loud cry: "Two great immortals save us!"

  Searching for the source of the sound, Shengong Bao's face turned strange and weird. It was only then that he saw that the cry for help came from the source of the evil aura, which was a dead deep-sea blood snake's belly. The voice also came from the snake's belly, but it was an elusive wandering soul.

  "Who are you, and why don't you go to the land of reincarnation to be reborn again, but instead linger in this place?"

  "Oh great immortals, it's not that I'm unwilling to enter the cycle of reincarnation, but rather I've been swallowed by the fierce instrument and can't break free. Day and night, I'm constantly being tainted by the evil spirits' aura for thousands of years. Now my soul's energy has become thin, if the two great immortals don't lend a hand, soon I'll disperse into nothingness. I beg the two great immortals to slightly bestow their blessings, to save the wandering souls, transcend the misty waves, pull me out of the sea of suffering, and grant me your benevolence. I'm eternally grateful, and will surely repay this kindness with my life."

  "Shen Dao You, observing that his soul's energy is thin and weak, it would be better to rescue him first before talking about it. It's also a great merit and good deed." Yun Xiao said.

  "Brother, what you said is right. Let me first rescue him and then talk." After speaking, Shen Gongbao drove a water-style technique into the deep sea, arriving at the location of the Deep Sea Blood Snake's corpse. With both hands pointing together, he drew out a sword energy, breaking open the snake's abdomen. Suddenly, a fierce and ferocious aura like a tiger rushed forth to meet him, amidst the chilling and bone-piercing aura that still carried the thunderous roar of a tiger, shaking his heart and spirit.

  However, the two Jingyuan lanterns in Shen Gongbao's body immediately released a cool air, making this seemingly invincible evil spirit unable to attack Shen Gongbao.

  Shen Gong Bao smiled slightly, his hands continuously casting a series of spells. Only to see the void flashing with waves of magical fluctuations, followed by a flash of white light, all the evil and malevolent energy disappeared without a trace. It turned out that Shen Gong Bao had already cast a spell to seal the evil energy within the evil artifact.

  He walked over to pick it up, and only then did he realize that it was just a one-foot-three-inch-long knife blade. When he touched it with his hand, he could easily feel the chill emanating from it, extremely sharp and fierce.

  After glancing around, Shen Gong Bao slightly shook his body and suddenly a wandering soul appeared in front of him. It was the person from before. At this moment, his soul was constantly moving, apparently already separated from his physical body and about to disperse.

  Shen Gong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he lightly grasped his Taoist robe, waving out a stream of spiritual energy that entered the wandering soul's body. Instantly, the wandering soul's form solidified considerably, no longer as insubstantial as before.

  Without saying a word, Shen Gong Bao put away his knife and returned to the surface of the sea with his wandering soul.

  "You haven't even said who you are, how can you be sealed in by a fierce instrument and cannot escape for thousands of years?" Sheng Gongbao asked curiously.

  "Thank you, great immortal, for saving me!" The wandering soul said gratefully: "My name is Bai Jian, and I was the Grand Marshal of the Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan in those days. During the campaign against Chi You, I unfortunately got hit by Chi You's sword just before his death and died at the North Sea. My soul was sealed by the evil spirit for a thousand years and couldn't enter the cycle of reincarnation."

  Shen Gong Bao suddenly raised his voice: "Are you Bai Jian?"

  Po Jun's voice was full of doubt: "Indeed a petty person, has the great immortal heard of such a petty person?"

  Shen Gong Bao tidied up his slightly agitated mood, and smiled lightly at Yun Xiao, who was also extremely surprised, saying: "It's just that I've heard before that when Xuan Yuan Huang Di became a Taoist, there was such a person. This time, seeing him, I feel surprised."

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