Chapter 740: 14.16 Last Violet Star – Missing You

Hei Anjing left the marketplace after he got his drink. Of course, he didn’t forget to add ice as he sipped it on his way back. He and the Lu brothers just passed by each other on his way back to the inn Zhi Yue had found for him. Lu Er and Lu Yi were walking side by side when Hei Anjing passed by. The former caught sight of the big cup held by Hei Anjing’s slender hand and a plum flower-shaped sweet in the other.

But what really caught Lu Er’s attention is the pair of rare silver irises Hei Anjing owns.

Lu Er was stunned for a moment as if remembering someone from his childhood, “Brother Bai?”

But sadly the person whom he called for could no longer respond to him. After all, this person had been gone for years.

Lu Yi said, “Are you talking about Bai Wuan? Didn’t he die years ago?” he asked with a frown.

“Right. Brother Bai is gone. I’m seeing things. Anyway, forget about it. Brother, I think I saw something interesting just now. That dessert in the shape of flowers looks good and that drink too. Let’s buy some before going to the Ancestral Mound,” said Lu Er.

Lu Yi sighed and said, “Fine. By whatever you want so I can go do my work.”

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“Okay. I will be back as soon as possible! Wait for me, Dage!” said Lu Er.

Lu Yi waves his hands as if shooing him away and says, “Go. I will wait for you here.”

Minutes after Lu Er left, Lu Yi also turned his head around trying to look for the man wearing a veil on his face. As a cultivator his eyes were sharper than others, the higher the cultivation stage is, the more cautious they are of their surroundings. When that man with a veil walk passed past them Lu Yi felt instinctive fear while looking at that person. But like Lu Er had thought those pair of argent orbs caught his attention the most as well.

In all these years they had lived, they’ve only met one person who possessed such kind of eye color. The shade of the moonlight was silver.

Lu Yi murmured, “That can’t be Bai Wuan right? He died more than ten years ago. Even his junior brother had accepted his death, and everyone in the cultivation world in their realm also believed so. Only Chun Hongyun-Jun didn’t believe he was dead. Is he alive as that person wishes for?”

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On the road a few kilometers away from Luan City. Yun Xiajie, wearing a pure white robe with cloud patterns, took the lead and let the disciples of his sect follow after him. After learning what happened from Yun Anjie, Yun Xiajie accepted Du Sang on behalf of the Sect. Though he wasn’t a direct disciple like Yun Anjie and Yun Fan who was surnamed Yun, he became a named disciple of the (Blue Fleeting Cloud Sect) Lan Zhuayun Sect.

There are three kinds of disciples in every sect.

Direct disciples followed the name of their master. They had the highest authority among the disciples and most of them had tied themselves to the Sect.

Disciples in Name are people who wish to serve the sect but keep their original names. Though they don’t have authority in the sect like the direct ones, they are still considered members of the sect.

Guest disciples are disciples who had their own sect and own masters. But in the cultivation world especially those in the alliance had exchange practices that allowed another sect’s disciples to enter another sect to learn new knowledge. They cannot be considered members of that certain sect but were treated as guests who will leave after a certain time has passed.

Du Sang didn’t want to change the surname of his mother and choose to become a disciple in name under the (Blue Fleeting Cloud Sect) Lan Zhuayun Sect. Knowing that he still has some karma with the mortal world, Great Elder Ye didn’t force the child to accept the direct disciple position.

This group had been trekking the forest after leaving the countryside town. After hearing the details about a mysterious cultivator who had saved his sect’s disciples, Ye Xiajie believes that the person he had always been waiting for had come back. Learning this, he didn’t wish to return to the sect until he saw that Daoist who calls himself Hei Wuan.

But they didn’t know where this mysterious cultivator had gone too, in the end, Ye Xiajie had no other choice but to just do his jobs while looking for the man. The disciples with him couldn’t return back to the sect temporarily as the unknown danger of the sudden increase of undead appearing in human habitats had greatly increased lately. These young men would be safer by his side and Chun Hongyun-Jun had no choice but to bring them with him.

Their next destination is Luan City. They were still a few kilometers away but the sun was about to set already. Ye Xijaie had no other choice but to camp in the middle of the forest just in case.

Ye Xiajie spoke, “The sun is setting. We’re staying the night here. Yun Fan makes a defensive formation to keep the evening safe from intruders. I will patrol and clean up the vicinity. Anjie, take over command.”

“Yes, Chun Hongyun-Jun!!” said Yun Fan and Yun Anjie.

Ye Xiajie disappeared into the dark forest while the others started creating a bonfire to camp for the night.

Yun Fan checked on his materials and mumbled, “Thankfully, I still have spare material to build a defensive formation. Anye, I’ll build the formation first.”

“I will go with you. I also know how to make formations and arrays. Let me help, A’Fan,” said Du Sang.

Yun Fan said, “Okay. Let’s go together, Sang’er!”

“Um!”

Yun Anjie spoke, “Be careful. Don’t go too far!”

“I know,” said Yun Fan who pulled Du Sang with him to create the defensive array that would protect them in their sleep.

On the other hand, Yun Xiajie, who left the group to patrol, suddenly stopped a few meters away from the children and looked at the darkening sky above him.

With an apathetic expression on his face, he calls,

“Zhi Yang.”

Answering his call is a man with the scent of the sun and strong elemental qi of fire. This is System Yang’s humanoid form. A few years ago after System Yang and System Yue had arrived in this world, the two decided to split to look for their two lords. Hei Anjing was easily found by them but Ye Xiajie cannot be found in the Heavenly Realm.

Normally, in Ye Xiajie’s system, Zhi Yue was the one to look for the Lord God. But this world is unlike the others, this is a cultivation world with direct connection to the Highest Domain which is Vearth. Most cultivation worlds are connected to the God and Nether System, this is because the essence of their power is the same as the one in Vearth. Qi, world qi, elemental energy and spells, deities, and most importantly, Immortality.

Because of this direct connection, any gods or goddess, beings with divinity can descend into the cultivation world. There would be no rejection unless the invader had more powerful qi than what it originally possessed. It was also because of this similarity that outside influence had a greater effect on these kinds of worlds. This is because divinity wasn’t rejected by a Cultivation world and those with bad intentions would be able to use their full strength and could even destroy that world.

Zhi Yang is a cautious type. Since the danger of this world is SSS, there is no way he would allow the silly and naive Zhi Yue to venture alone in such a world. That’s why the task of finding Lord God Ye’s vessel in this cultivation world ended up in Zhi Yang’s hands. He who had accompanied and supported Gui Xiajun in his system is obviously more experienced than a protected system like Zhi Yue.

Zhi Yue had nothing much to do when Lord Hei became his host and he had nothing to worry about meeting destroyers as the most ruthless God had become his host. He is safer than anyone besides Lord Hei.

Moreover, Zhi Yang worked hard to look for Lord God Ye’s vessel. Since he couldn’t find him in the Upper realm, he even descended and searched for Lord God Ye’s vessel in the Mortal Realm. But once he found Lord God Ye, Zhi Yang noticed that this person had his original memories gone from him. Either it was sealed or passed to the main soul.

Regarded, he couldn’t recognize him and had to introduce himself as Hei Anjing’s subordinate. In short, a subordinate of this world’s God of Punishment. The identity of Lord Hei’s vessel in this world. Lord God Ye who only has the memories of his vessel believed him when he showed the appearance of Hei Anjing’s vessel in this world. Silver eyes, this is the most obvious feature that the God of Punishment in this world possessed. Once Zhi Yang told his master of a God with Silver irises, he immediately believed his identity.

But who would expect that Zhi Yang would suddenly be bound with Ye Xiajie as his host in this world? Because of that, he wasn’t able to come back to the Heavenly Realm to report to Lord Hei and could only stay by Lord God Ye’s side as his subordinate.

Upon checking this surprising event of him being suddenly bound to Lord God Ye had something to do with the Heavenly wills of this world. The heavenly laws of this world are connected to the Divine Laws in Vearth which greatly affected them and even able to restrain them as well.

As soon as he was called, Zhi Yang appeared behind Yun Xiajie in a respectful manner.

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Zhi Yang responded, “You call, My Lord?”

“That being who descended from the Upper Realm, was that the God of Punishment, Hei Wuan?” asked Yun Xiajie.

Zhi Yang answered, “Yes, it was Lord Hei together with my alter ego, Zhi Yue.”

“Can you search where he is right now?”

“I can only find the traces of my other half, Yue’er. If he is too far away it would take some time but he should be still together with Lord Hei. Should I still start searching?” asked Zhi Yang.

Yun Xiajie answered, “Go find them. I wanted to see Jing’er as soon as possible.”

“But as I mentioned the possibility of him not remembering the Lord is quite high. In the first place he got out of Purgatory and his memories from the past before he got punished were vague. This one does not even know whether the Immortal Emperor had done something to Lord Hei. Do you still wish to see him?”

“I want to see him. I’ve been waiting for his return all this time,” said Yun Xiajie.

Zhi Yang replied, “Upon checking the area, the traces lead to the nearest city not far from here. They should be there. Please remember what I’ve told you before, Lord Hei might not recognize you as of now. The choice to whether to meet him or not would be for the lord to decide.”

He once again disappeared somewhere leaving Yun Xiajie alone and quiet. Yun Xiajie loves to watch the moon because it reminds him of that person. But every time he closes his eyes, the dying figure of that person and his smile continues to hunt him. A nightmare that had accompanied him all these years. Only by seeing him alive, that Yun Xiajie believes that the nightmare that plagued him all this time might finally stop.

Recalling the childhood memories he had spent together with that person. His smiling face, his silver irises, those seductive phoenix-shaped eyes, his arrogant yet coquettish and playful demeanor towards himself. Yun Xiajie could never forget a single thing about that man who occupied his mind for more than ten years. Even now he longs to see him even though he wasn’t sure if that person is indeed him. After all, there is no Zhi Yang in his memories.

Yun Xiajie mumbled, “I miss you so much, Jing’er.”