Chapter Ninety-Three: Severing Ties of Favor and Enmity

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  Fei Yun's understanding of Zhen Zhen wasn't something that happened overnight, and her guess was indeed correct. As soon as she heard that Su Che had asked her to make a vow in person, Zhen Zhen's expression changed again, and the gentle smile that had finally transformed back into an icy face.

  "Su Che, you're taking advantage of my kindness and making things difficult for me!"

  Zhen Zhen suppressed the anger in her heart and tried to remain calm: "I, Zhen Zhen, have always been a person of my word, never needing oaths to constrain me. I once said I would take revenge on you, and today, I've come after you; now that I've said we'll wipe the slate clean of past grievances, I will also remember your lifesaving kindness...

  Before she could finish, Su Che ruthlessly cut her off with a wave of his hand: "Don't talk to me about integrity, I really don't have any faith in your integrity. For such a trivial matter, you traveled far and wide to hunt me down, do you have nothing better to do? Are you idle?"

  Here is the translation:

  "Speaking of which, Su Che took out his sword and thrust it into the ground with a swoosh. He said resolutely: "You don't understand me either, do you? Well, let me tell you, I'd rather kill by mistake than easily let go of any factor that threatens my life."

  "You, Zhen Zhen, are a threat right in front of me! I'd rather take decisive action to eliminate this threat than harbor any illusions and let the tiger return to the mountain. Killing you and wandering the world as a fugitive is better than being trampled on by you again someday and tortured at your whim."

  "I'm asking you, if we were in each other's shoes, would you easily believe the other person's promise?"

  "Are a few words of oath an insult? Then, for half the day today, I was chased by you like a mouse, hiding underground and not daring to show my head... Does this count as an insult or not? I don't care about it anymore, what else do you have to be resentful about?"

  "Lastly, I'll advise you one more time, don't force me to be ruthless, you have your dignity, and so do I!"

  Su Che finally stopped talking after a long tirade, and the resentment and frustration that had been pent up underground during the day were finally vented.

  Across from him, Zhen Zhen was speechless, unable to think of a suitable retort for the time being.

  Fei Yun was stunned, with an inexplicable glow flashing in his eyes. Unexpectedly, this young man, not yet of great age, had unleashed a fierce temper, and his words were so reasonable that they left others speechless.

  "You..."

  "Alright, Su Che, I can swear. But I want to tell you, it's not because I'm afraid of death, but because you're in the right."

  "Alright, if you're a reasonable person, that's for the best." Su Che said with his mouth, but in his heart he thought: What's the point of pretending, aren't you afraid of death?!

  Then, Zhen Zhen made a vow with her heart demon, from now on she would no longer make things difficult for Su Che in any way.

  The oath sounded a bit forced, but Su Che still acknowledged it. After all, there was no irreconcilable feud between the two parties, and even if she had a small heart, it wasn't worth taking the risk of violating her oath to continue making things difficult for herself.

  Ordinary people can ignore oaths, but cultivators cannot. Moreover, the more extraordinary a cultivator is, the more they value their heart demon oath. Because those who consider themselves extraordinary have great confidence in their own future and are willing to believe that one day they will cultivate to the highest realm, pass through the heavenly tribulation, and ascend to the immortal realm.

  The horror of Tianjie, everyone knows that the heart demon's great calamity is even more dangerous. On that day, all the vows made in the past will come true, and if they are violated, they will surely fail!

  "Alright, alright, it's nothing now." Fei Yun happily got up and ran to Zhen Zhen's qiankun bag, then turned back, looking at Su Che like a well-behaved little daughter-in-law, softly asking: "Can I?"

  She picked up the Qiankun bag after getting Su Che's nod of consent.

  Seeing her like this, Zhen thought to herself: "It seems that once she's face-to-face with Su Che, the symptoms of lovesickness will only worsen."

  Although things have come to this point, Zhen Zhen still has to consider Fei Yun's feelings, so she can only muster up the courage to tell Su Che about the 'Qing Silk' incident.

  Fei Yun sat beside him, his face red and his ears burning, he didn't dare look at Su Che again.

  "Can such a thing really happen?"

  Su Che furrowed his brow and asked in his heart: "Lao Hei, since there is obviously a thread of emotions that has entered my body, why can't you detect it?"

  In the Xianyu, Lao Hei was amused by this matter and laughed wildly: "Master, isn't this good? Just let this emotional thread stay here, anyway it doesn't have any effect on you."

  "Cut the nonsense!" Su Che rebuked: "This kind of thing can't be joked about, hurry up and get rid of that emotional thread."

  "Can't be done, Master," said Lao Hei, shaking his head. "This thing is really weird and seems to have no physical form. I can't even sense it, so how are we supposed to get rid of it?"

  Helpless, Su Che had no choice but to ask Zhen Zhen how to dispel the emotional thread.

  "It takes the person who tied the bell to untie it." Zhen Zhen replied, "This emotional thread was condensed by Fei Yun, and she must cast her spell again in order to extract it from you."

  The two words 'extract' made Su's eyebrows jump, and he asked again: "Is the process very troublesome?"

  Zhen Zhen first glanced at Fei Yun before nodding and saying, "It should be."

  Upon hearing this, Su Che naturally couldn't just let them do whatever they wanted to him, who knows what kind of tricks they might pull, so he said: "Alright, let's settle this later when we return to the mountain gate, under the condition that Master Yuqing is present to supervise."

  Before Zhen could respond, Fei Yun's face turned red as she lifted her head and said: "It doesn't matter, delaying things for a few days won't hurt, it's all my own doing anyway."

  He finished speaking and hastily lowered his head.

  Lao Hei smiled in the immortal prison, "Master, isn't this pretty good? There's a girl who has deep feelings for you. Even if you don't want to accept her, it's not a bad thing."

  "What nonsense!" Su Che scolded, "Let's not talk about emotional things for now. There is someone who knows my whereabouts like the back of her hand, and no matter where I go, she can always find me. Do you think this is good?"

  "That's also true." Old Hei nodded and said: "After all, you're the one who thinks things through."

  It's a matter of emotional threads, and for now, it can only be this way. Only when Yu Qing is present can Su Che feel at ease letting Fei Yun cast magic on himself.

  Well, in that case, I can leave. Su Che didn't even say goodbye, and silently turned around to walk away. Although the grudges with them had been resolved, they weren't on the same side, so there was no need to exchange pleasantries.

  "You..."

  But then Feiyun's shout came from behind: "Don't go!"

  "Is there anything else?" Su Che merely paused in his footsteps and asked in a low voice without turning his head.

  "The sky has darkened, and Shizhi's injury is quite severe. We'll need to stay overnight to suppress the wound before we can fly back to the sect with our magical instruments." Feiyun stood up and said softly: "In case some villains come again during this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Shizhi on my own. So, I hope you can stay for one more night and leave tomorrow?"

  "What you said is right, I'm just worried that if I encounter another demonic cultivator, I'll be anxious to leave and avoid being affected by your bad luck." Su Che rejected without hesitation, and his words were also completely merciless.

  "Huh?"

  Not just Fei Yun was stunned, but also Zhen Zhen was extremely surprised.

  No matter their appearance or talent, they were the admired daughters of heaven in the eyes of everyone. Within the sect, they had always been doted on by those male disciples, and any request they made was never refused. Today, Leng Duding suffered such a cold attitude from Su Che, for a moment, she must have felt extremely unaccustomed to it.

  However, the more it was like this, the more Zhenzhen, who had always looked down on men, evaluated him even higher. She thought to herself: "Birds of a feather flock together, people with similar virtues gather together... Su Che and Yu Qing are indeed of the same moral character..."

  Zhen thought to this point, and softly said: "Su Shi Di, in such a situation, I don't want to pretend to be strong either. Indeed, I need you to stay and help me protect the law. Of course, I won't let you help for no reason..."

  She said, taking out a Dharma wheel-like treasure from the Qiankun bag: "You are already in the later stage of Qi refining and can control top-grade treasures. This 'Chi Yan Dharma Wheel' is a top-grade treasure that can both attack and defend, its power is not weak. At the same time, it's also a pretty good flying treasure, much faster than your sword flight."

  Zhen Zhen, although proud and arrogant, was even more afraid of death. On the path of cultivating immortality, she had a bright future ahead of her, but if she were to die unjustly in these desolate mountains just for the sake of her pride, it would be too regrettable. That's why she humbly requested Su Che's help.

  "Top-grade treasure?"

  Su Che immediately turned around and said: "May I take a look?"

  "Of course."

  Zhen nodded in agreement and handed over the 'Chi Yan Fa Lun' to Fei Yun, who then passed it on to Su Che.

  Unexpectedly, they met a rascal today. Su Che didn't even look at them and directly put the treasure into his own Qiankun bag. With an air of righteousness, he said: "This treasure will serve as compensation for chasing me during the day. Do you know how many Earth Escape Pills I consumed in total?"

  "Oh dear, you...!" Fei Yun stood in front of him, stamping her foot in anger, but her tone was still soft and gentle: "Don't be like this, okay?"

  Su Che appeared to be unmoved on the surface, but secretly sent her a message: "This matter, don't get involved. I didn't take away her entire Qian Kun bag, so I've already lost out. Don't worry, as the true disciple who has received all the love and favor of the sect, she won't be lacking because of this little thing."

  Fei Yun blinked, slightly pouting her mouth, and also very obediently stopped talking. Since the moment she partnered with Su Che to deceive Zhen Yu, her heart had basically leaned towards Su Che's side.

  In fact, begging Su Che to stay overnight, apart from needing him to provide protection, there was a more important reason, which was also because he couldn't bear for Su Che to leave too early.

  Although she knew that these loves and reluctance were all created by 'strings of emotions', but she just couldn't control her own heart.