Chapter 121 It was Father, Jiang Tian
Scorched flavor smelled up in the air. The dark force soldiers strewed the ground. Apparently, they had suffered thunderstrike before death. Wuyou searched all the way and thought that her husband’s spirit power was be more than enough to deal with the devil army. What had happened indeed? The dark forces were cleaning the dead corpses. Although they were dead, they were still brothers. So, the dark forces would certainly take them underground. Wuyou hunted through the West Front. Heavy rain poured down heavily. The young man stumbled along the way. The dark forces all praised the little man’s loyalty, but they did not know Wuyou’s feeling at all.
“Little man, your master is here. Don’t cry.” The dark force found Mr. Xu in the gully. Heedless of the rugged path, Wuyou ran down desperately. Big raindrops pricked her eyes badly. Her little hand wiped her face and rushed to the gully. She could see her husband’s pale face from afar.
“Little man, your master is still alive.” Dark forces wiped rain for Mr. Xu. Wuyou walked to the man step by step. The super silk clothes were stained heavily by the mud. Even so, it could cover up the man’s handsome face. Afraid of injuring her husband, Wuyou wiped for him carefully. Dark forces looked at them in bewilderment. Little man was a gay. The thought sent chill up their backs. However, Wuyou did not care about too much but only hoped his husband would feel better, because she could feel her husband was creepy cold. After cleaning up, Wuyou held her husband up and flew to the mountain top. Dark Forces climbed up painstakingly and could not find the little man on the mountaintop, because Wuyou had flown over the Teal Hill mountains to Kunlun.
Her husband became very ill and was still lost in a swoon for several days. Granny Moon came to feel the pulses many times and made sure that Xu Linghe was not ill. Days passed, and the 6th day was around the corner. One day, Xu Linghe opened his eyes, and Wuyou always stayed beside him. Seeing his father wake up, Xiao Douya was so happy that he drilled into his father’s quilt and rolled in it. Wuyou was afraid that Xiao Douya would hurt her husband, so she pulled Xiao Douya out. Xiao Douya widened his eyes with tears falling down. The man looked around the house, thinking that it was the cousin’s house. No one could imagine that Xiao Qi had turned into Xu Linghe, even Xiao Qi himself did not believe that he had been in Kunlun after a night of sleep, and even become Xu Linghe. What had Black Shadow done to Xiao Qi? Xiao Qi remembered that he was about to return the Fairy Kingdom, but was sent to the valley by a strong spirit. And then, after waking up, he had become Xu Linghe. Who was the pusher behind the scene? And where was the real Xu Linghe? Chidi made every effort to insert spies, but unexpectedly, it would be so easy. Xiao Qi was caught unprepared by the accident, so he did not dare to look at Xiaoyao, afraid she could find any crack. Wuyou stared at her husband, sensing that something went wrong. Seeing the father took no notice of him, Xiao Douya got off the bed and stood on the ground, then disappeared in a blink. Xiao Douya ran all the way to the backyard, because he wanted to tell Great Granny that his father woke up so that she would not be worried.
When Wuyou went to the Teal Hill, Xiao Douya slept with his great granny. Days passed comfortably for him. Shielded by great granny, Xiao Douya ran wildly in Kunlun. He fiddled in his great granny’s pharmacy and applied the medicine newly developed by great granny to his little spiritual beast. So, his spiritual beast ran faster than before. Great granny’s love indulged Xiao Douya to act more unruly. Xiao Douya knocked at the door, but was disappointed that his great granny was not there.
“Great Granny.”
The little hand knocked again. Shenzong walked out. Xiao Douya’s head was very low and drooped. Shenzong felt softhearted at this sight. It seemed that Shenzong was too harsh in ordinary times, even scared his great grandson. So Shenzong squatted and picked Xiao Douya up. But when he was about to get close, Xiao Douya ran away.
“I want Great Granny.” Xiao Douya raised his head proudly. Shenzong sighed again because he found his great grandson always avoided him, but he could not allow things to go on like that.
“Tell Great Granny, my dad has woken up.” As he said, he freed himself of the hug and walked to the yard to find great-grandfather Ying. Xiao Douya felt great-grandfather Shen always had a straight face. Xiao Douya was so clever that he did not want to live a life under others’ roof.
“Run more slowly.”
Xiao Douya’s chubby legs ran fast past Shenzong. Afraid that his great grandson might fall down, Shenzong followed him out of the room. These days, Shenzong was occupied with the affairs in Kunlun and had little time to see his grandson. Since Xu Linghe had woken up, Shenzong thought he should have a look at him. When arriving at the back yard, he let out a slight cough at the sight that his granddaughter-in-law was busy. Wuyou raised her head and found Shenzong was there, so she put her work aside.
“I heard that Linghe has woken up.”
Shenzong was still cold. Wuyou pushed the door open, and Shenzong followed in. Hearing the sound of pushing the door, Xiao Qi on the bed closed his eyes immediately. Wuyou carried a table to prepare a seat for Shenzong. Xiao Qi got more flustered, because the one who sat beside the bed was Xu Linghe’s Grandmaster. If Xiao Qi was exposed, everything would be in vain. Xiao Qi himself did not expect that he discussed with Chidi about how to pretend to be Kunlun’s Master would become a reality. Xiao Qi thought after the 6th day of this month, he would be Xiaoyao’s husband and that his dream would come true finally. How could Xiao Qi not be excited about it? Seeing his grand disciple sleeping, Shenzong thought he should not bother there, and just felt the pulse, which made him cheer up and wipe out the depression lasting several days. Shenzong came in the room with a gloomy face, because he was worried about his grand disciple, but now he came out with a smile. Meanwhile, Wuyou felt puzzled why her husband fell into sleep again since he had woken up, so she felt his forehead and found he was fine. But why did her husband not wake up? Xiao Qi on the bed was extremely nervous. Xiaoyao’s hand fondled his face. It was deceitful to say Xiao Qi was not excited. But it would not last long to pretend to be sleeping. Xiao Qi still hesitated whether to wake up or not and felt uncomfortable at the thought that Xu Linghe called Xiaoyao little woman.
“Little woman.” He said and observed whether Xiaoyao had any facial changes. These days, Xiao Qi did not dare to say a word for fear that it would betray him. But what he had said just now made him rest his heart because his voice was exactly the same as Xu Linghe’s.
“My husband, you really wake up...” Wuyou felt a bit unhappy because Xu Linghe avoided her these days. She thought she really did not know what the man thought, but just hoped her husband fine. Xu Linghe’s hands were held tightly by little hands. Xiao Qi groaned slightly. The gentler Xiaoyao was, the more hatred mounted in Xiao Qi’s heart. Because he was Xu Linghe’s substitute. The thought made Xu Linghe hard to calm himself down. So, he pulled his hand free. Wuyou was confused about what happened to her husband, since he was not so cold before. Was he tired of her? Wuyou’s heart sunk.
“Linghe, if you’re tired, just take a rest.” Seeing the man on the bed nod, Wuyou was more disappointed. Her husband seemed to change into another one after waking up from several-days sleep. Wuyou stared at the person on the bed, but Xiao Qi avoided her eyes. Fake was always fake, so he still could not face her calmly but had to adjust to it gradually. After all, Kunlun’s people were not foolish. It would be terrible if they discovered that their new Sect Master was unfamiliar with the sect affairs. So, Xiao Qi thought he should get to know the sect affairs, but he was more worried about the affairs in the Fairy Kingdom. Before leaving, he had ordered Xiao Nai to keep an eye on the movement of the Eagle tribe’s Leng Mohan. Now, Xiao Qi wondered how everything was going on in the Fairy Kingdom. Wuyou covered the quilt well for her husband and then walked out of the room. She wanted to go to a place to confirm one thing, because she felt there seemed something wrong to the man on the bed. Not until Xiaoyao had left did Xiao Qi let out a sigh of relief. Strangely, he was afraid to face Xiaoyao. His desire for Xiaoyao had faded away. His love had been replaced by hatred. His thought was changing. His love was mixed a larger amount of hatred. He was desperate to take revenge—to let Xiaoyao unable to love anyone. His heart that once crushed into Xiaoyao had died. No one could walk with another one who wanted to kill him/her through the whole life. Xiao Qi was not an exception. He had experienced himself that Xiaoyao had tried to kill him. That pain was like being cut a thousand times. Xiao Qi thought since Xiaoyao was so heartless, he would be ruthless accordingly. When he loaded off the mental burden, Xiao Qi felt rather relieved. Whosoever bore no love in the heart was invincible in the world.
Wuyou came to the Teal Hill. First, she went to the Baize’s barrack. She knew its location well since she had been there once before. For convenience, Wuyou transformed herself into a Baize’s soldier and walked cautiously on the way. It seemed that something terrible had happened in the Baize’s barrack, because there were few soldiers in the training ground. Wuyou passed through the ground and headed to the Commander’s camp, but was stopped at its door. A Baize’s soldier told her that she could not enter it because Baize’s Goddess was in a rage. Wuyou wanted to come to see, but was pulled back. The soldier pointed to the military camp and talked with Wuyou about the thing several days ago: The Goddess was attacked at both ends by the Teal Hill’s dark forces, and numerous soldiers were injured or dead. So, the Goddess had the dead corpses taken back and cremated in the training ground. There were over twenty thousand people’s bones piled on the ground. How frightening it was! But the Goddess just kept vigil beside the bones overnight. What she did was rather respectable. A woman with such bearing did win the support of the Baize’s army. Wuyou did not care about that, and left the Baize’s military camp for the devil army. And she turned into a cloud of smoke when arriving there. Seeing Xiao Qi sitting on the soft couch and tasting the tea, Wuyou felt at ease and thought she was oversensitive to suspect her husband. Wuyou left the camp. Noticing Wuyou leave, the person changed into his true face. If Wuyou turned around, she was able to find that the person was not Xiao Qi, but the man holding the Hongjun Crossbow. Black Shadow waved his sleeve, and then Nascent Soul appeared from the ground. Then, Black Shadow changed himself into Xiao Qi again. Nascent Soul was woken up in a daze, so was unhappy to see Xiao Qi. But Nascent Soul did not dare to make any complaint and just stood there to take orders. Xiao Qi was pondering how to dig out the dark forces and catch them all in one draft.
“Commander in Chief, if there is nothing else, I will go out now.”
Nascent Soul had already come back to report the task. Because if the thing dragged on, it would do nothing but reduce the devil soldiers’ morale. In fact, he broke even with the dark forces. Besides, he was fighting against Xu Linghe at that time when thunderbolt raged. Then, the whole Western Front was in a conflagration. Both two sides, no matter the dark forces or the devil army, suffered a lot, dead or injured. At last, not knowing how, Nascent Soul found himself in the military camp after waking up. He did not know that everything had been plotted by someone else, and he had also become other’s pawn. And the person’s purpose was to get the Heavenly Book and to manipulate all the living creatures.
Wuyou went to the underground city to see her people. She passed through the streets where she could feel the warmth. She came across an old man selling weapons, so she came up to chat with him. When talking about the escaped Spiritual Master, the old man wept bitterly.
“Little man, where is the gentleman?”
Yan patted his shoulder. The old man’s tears drop when he saw an acquaintance. After saying goodbye to the old man, they flew to the direction of the Dragon Cliff. Yan told Wuyou that the leader wanted to see Xu Linghe. The two came into the commander camp where the back figure was sitting on the main seat. Just a glance had made Wuyou’s face drowned with tears. The man’s countenance under the eyebrow had been destroyed heavily. But even so, Wuyou could still recognize that he was her father. The person who had appeared in Wuyou’s dreams turned up suddenly in front of her one day.
“Dad.”
The call “Dad” awakened the back figure. Yan was more confused about why the little man called the leader “Dad”. The back figure looked at the little man up and down, unable to find out any information about the little man in his memory. The back figure thought he did not know the young man. Wuyou realized that she was not a fox, but a soul in Qin Lengyue’s body. Her look was a mortal’s. How could her father recognize her?
“Dad, do you still remember the Spiritual Stone?”
Wuyou took the seven-colored pendant from the neck. It was given by her mother when Wuyou got married. The back figure’s fingers trembled. In the sunshine, the Spiritual Stone gave off bright lights. It was the pledge that back figure gave to his wife. He knew it well.