111: Don't panic, my disciple (Clear light shines on the boss Hanxiang)
Li Yan stood opposite the Human Emperor Path, beckoning to his Disciples.
The others were somewhat worried: “Revered Master, can we really pass through this Human Emperor Path?”
“Even those Immortal Emperors perished here, we have no confidence.”
OHazy moon and Zenmatsu looked down, seeing the grotesque and twisted corpses, they felt they had no chance of passing.
However, Li Yan had a confident smile on his lips: “Just come over, your Revered Master won’t lie to you.”
“Who wants to go first?”
Hearing Li Yan say this, Zenmatsu took a deep breath, gathering her courage.
“Revered Master, your Disciple will go first!”
“Hmm, come on.”
Li Yan casually found a stone to sit on, focusing his attention on Ember Immortal.
This female Disciple with long black hair and purple robes.
He silently chanted: “Protection!”
As Ember Immortal stepped onto the single-plank bridge, she took a deep breath to calm her mind.
She believed her Master would never lie to her, after all, her Master had already rescued her from peril.
Just as Ember Immortal moved her steps, her skirt gently fluttering.
Her world gradually plunged into darkness, entering her Heart Demon.
The scene shifted to Cloud State City.
At this moment, Ember Immortal was somewhat dazed.
She had transformed into a ten-year-old girl, dressed in rags, with a thin, sallow face and dry hair.
Standing on the bustling street, her eyes began to tremble uncontrollably.
“Is this my Heart Demon?”
“No… no.”
“Don’t go back to that day!”
Her inner thoughts were currently being eavesdropped on by Li Yan.
Li Yan also entered her dream, but at this moment, he seemed unable to move.
He could only watch Ember Immortal from the side, like a ghost.
But from Ember Immortal’s inner thoughts, Li Yan could hear her fear.
Something seemed to have happened on this day…
He watched as the young Ember Immortal stumbled and ran back.
She arrived at the outer city of Cloud State, a street where the poor lived.
She pushed open the door and saw a large table of food and wine set up in the house.
A whole roasted chicken, a large bowl of braised pork, and white rice that only a landlord could afford.
This clearly should not appear on the table of a poor family.
Li Yan’s Soul followed beside her, watching the panicked Ember Immortal.
He seemed to hear something in the backyard.
Li Yan’s Soul then passed through the rammed earth wall and entered the backyard.
He saw a young man and several female Cultivators discussing something in the backyard, one of them pulling out a deed of sale.
“Look closely! Your sister, Gu Qingyan, from now on is sold to our Moon Worship School, to be a Utility Disciple.”
And one of the men, who looked similar to Ember Immortal, seemed to be Ember Immortal’s biological brother.
The man grinned, smiling obsequiously: “It’s her honor for my sister to enter the Moon Worship School!”
Watching this person sell his sister for a few strings of copper coins, Li Yan pursed his lips.
“So that’s it…”
“Ember Immortal’s Heart Demon is from when she was sold by her biological brother to be a Utility Disciple when she was young.”
“But that being said.”
Li Yan stroked his chin thoughtfully: “For this poor family, Ember Immortal being sold into the Moon Worship School could be considered a good choice.”
“The family is too poor; going to the Sect to be a Utility Disciple might actually offer a better future.”
“Did she develop a Heart Demon because she was sold by her brother?”
As Li Yan was thinking, those few female Cultivators from the Moon Worship School walked into the back alley and began to whisper about something.
The few of them lowered their voices.
“This Gu Qingyan has good Aptitude. After we buy her back, she will be our Moon Worship School’s Saintess.”
“As long as we package her well, fabricate a background of her coming from a prestigious family, and then use her to marry the Young Lord of Skyhawk Fortress…”
“Hehe, if we can latch onto Skyhawk Fortress, our Moon Worship School will have a backer in Cloud State City.”
“But before that, we must first kill them to silence them, and then use Spirit Medicine to brainwash Gu Qingyan.”
Upon hearing their conspiracy, Li Yan, in his Soul state, his expression gradually darkened.
It seemed that inter-School, inter-Sect marriages were particularly common in these third-rate Sects.
These people coveted Ember Immortal’s talent and beauty, wanting to package her as a young lady from an Immortal Cultivation family to achieve their goals.
And to fabricate a false identity for Ember Immortal, they even had to kill her brother…
So that’s it.
Li Yan immediately flew towards the dilapidated house.
He saw the young Ember Immortal, who was the childhood Gu Qingyan.
She was tightly gripping her brother’s hand: “Brother! Run! Run!”
The young man showed guilt: “Sister, I sold you to the Moon Worship School without your consent.”
“But you know the family’s situation…”
“Sister, take all these copper coins, I don’t want a single one!”
Saying that, the brother stuffed all the money from her sale into Gu Qingyan’s hands.
He didn’t have much selfishness; it was just that in this famine era, he couldn't afford to raise his sister, so he could only send her into an Immortal Cultivation Sect.
This was a good thing that many people wouldn't even dare to dream of, something they yearned for.
To be able to join a Sect during a famine, his sister would be able to achieve Immortal Ascension in the future, and he, as her brother, had nothing to regret.
“I’m sorry, Qingyan, your brother is useless…”
“I didn’t tell you, and I sent you to the Moon Worship School without permission, I…”
But at this moment, the thin Gu Qingyan used all her strength, her eyes filled with tears, and she screamed hysterically: “Brother, go! You’ll die!”
She was in her Heart Demon dream.
She returned to her most helpless day as a child.
Hunger made her weak, she desperately tried to push her brother away, wanting to save his life.
She knew.
Her brother sold her to the Moon Worship School because he wanted her to have a better life and become a Cultivator.
But!
But her brother would die here!
Just as she used all her strength, trying to push her brother away.
Those few Immortals from the Moon Worship School in the backyard pushed open the door and entered the house.
The faces of those female Cultivators were twisted with cruel smiles, their eyes looking at Mortals as if they were ants.
“Go? Where are you going?”
“Little sister, be good, come to big sister!”
“Hurry, so you don’t get blood on you.”
Just as the three female Cultivators from the Moon Worship School drew their swords and prepared to strike.
Ember Immortal let out a hoarse roar, using her frail body to block in front.
“Brother, go!”
Her brother, however, was so scared that he sat down on the ground, his legs weak: “You… why are you killing me?”
The Moon Worship School female Cultivator sneered: “A mere Mortal, do we need a reason to kill you?”
In this world, an Immortal killing a Mortal was as common as killing a chicken.
As the sword was about to strike, the scene of a head falling to the ground appeared in Ember Immortal’s mind.
Just as she fell into deep despair.
A familiar voice sounded in her ear.
“Disciple, don’t panic, your Master is here.”