Poles part

Chapter 3

Although reconciliation between the two families was the best outcome, Lin Changsheng was afraid of hurting Chen Qingyuan's dignity and had to handle it carefully.

‘Since Elder Yao knows about the thin gift, then take it back!’

Chen Qingyuan pondered for a moment, his face expressionless.

At the sound of the voice, the eyelids of the crowd lifted slightly as their hearts tightened.

Yao Susu's brows furrowed as she opened her mouth and asked, ‘What does Elder Chen mean by this?’

‘It is true that the verbal marriage contract back then cannot be taken too seriously. However, if you want to end this karma, let Bai Xixue personally make a trip! As long as she comes, I promise not to pester.’

Chen Qingyuan said seriously.

‘Speaking clearly in person, it should be so.’ Yao Susu thought that Chen Qingyuan wanted to use the issue as a pretext, but seeing that this was not the case, she nodded her head in agreement, ‘I will have Shixue come to see Elder Chen in a few days.’

‘In addition, Elder Yao wants to give a gift to celebrate my return, a medium-grade spirit vein is far from enough.’ Although Chen Qingyuan had no cultivation for the time being, his eyes were sharp, like knives stabbing at Yao Susu's body, causing her to feel as if she were on pins and needles, ‘Back then, when Bai Shixue and I explored the secret realm, the things that were gifted to her were all treasures, and there were as many as three top-grade spirit veins alone, and there is no need to talk about middle-grade spirit veins.’

Hearing this, Yao Susu let out an awkward laugh and hurriedly put this middle-grade spirit vein back.

Lin Changsheng and the others, on the other hand, looked at Chen Qingyuan with complicated eyes, back then, Chen Qingyuan had gone out many times, and each time, he said that he did not have any harvests and returned empty-handed, so he dared to give them all to others!

‘Without anything else, I will leave first, thank you for your clan's hospitality.’

After saying these words, Yao Susu turned around and left.

Waiting until Yao Susu had left, Sect Protector Elder Dong Inquirer couldn't help but ask, ‘Junior Brother, you're a loser, you didn't bring back the good things you got in the first place.’

‘Elder brother Dong, things outside the body, don't be so concerned.’

Chen Qingyuan pursed his lips and smiled.

‘You brat, alas!’

The crowd shook their heads helplessly.

Even when Chen Qingyuan became a mortal, the crowd still treated Chen Qingyuan as a relative and did not count or ignore him.

Because of this, Chen Qingyuan treated the Xuanqing Sect as home.

A few days later, Dong Yi Palace came again.

Several elders with over ten disciples, with Bai Xixue located among them.

The Xuanqing Sect had arranged the guests from the Dong Yi Palace so that Bai Xixue could be alone with Chen Qingyuan.

Bai Xixue was dressed in a pale pink floor-length dress, her three thousand threads of green silk were held tightly by jade hairpins, a pink belt was tied around her waist, and a jade pendant was also hanging.

Her features were carved like jade, her skin as white as snow, and her eyebrows as picturesque.

Standing inside the room, Bai Xixue's pair of jade hands were placed at the location of her belly, looking a little nervous.

‘Why aren't you speaking?’

Chen Qingyuan sat on the side, looking at Bai Xixue who didn't dare to meet his eyes, his voice cold.

‘I'm sorry.’

Bai Xixue's heart had a lot of words that she wanted to say to Chen Qingyuan, but there was no need to say them now, so she could only apologize.

‘Did my coming back alive make you a bit overwhelmed?’

Chen Qingyuan's eyes were calm, feeling that Bai Xixue had become very strange.

‘No, I'm very happy that Big Brother Chen has returned safely.’ Bai Xixue pursed her red lips and said with a lowered brow.

‘When the soul lamp goes out, your life is cut short. You can't wait for a dead person for the rest of your life, I can understand that. Meeting with you today, I just want to break this karma.’

Chen Qingyuan didn't blame Bai Xixue, one could only say that there was karma!

‘If you had come back earlier, perhaps the situation would have been different.’

Bai Xixue said softly.

‘If I wasn't an invalid, what would you and Dong Yi Palace choose?’ Chen Qingyuan gently shook his head, ‘It's not that I came back late, it's a matter of strength.’

Bai Xixue wanted to explain, but in the end, she did not utter a single word and fell silent.

‘From now on, you and I are strangers. This is your own choice, don't regret it.’

Chen Qingyuan murmured.

Inside the room, there was silence and a sullen atmosphere.

An elder from Dong Yi Palace gently knocked on the door, indicating that it was time to go back.

Before leaving, Bai Xixue looked up at Chen Qingyuan and realized that Chen Qingyuan didn't have the radiance he had back then, and there was no aura fluctuation in his body. From an unknown moment, Bai Xixue's eyes changed from the initial guilt to flatness, and the inner tension gradually dissipated.

Gazing deeply at Chen Qingyuan, Bai Xixue did not say a word and pushed the door open.

Although Chen Qingyuan had lost his cultivation, he had just seen the small movement in Bai Xixue's hand. It was Bai Xixue who had crushed a jade talisman and notified the accompanying elders to come over and break the deadlock.

‘Alas! All those years of suffering for nothing.’

Within the Heaven's Abyss Forbidden Zone, a certain person had taken a liking to Chen Qingyuan and wanted to marry him as a Dao Couple. However, Chen Qingyuan stated that he was already married and refused without hesitation.

For this reason, Chen Qingyuan was tortured in various ways, ultimately resulting in his spiritual root being abolished and his cultivation being lost.

According to someone's words, it was all for Chen Qingyuan's good.

Although Chen Qingyuan's talent was very high, he was ultimately a hair short of going to the highest position. If he wanted to have unlimited possibilities in the future, he had to reshape his roots.

‘This matter is over, it's time to go about my own business.’

Chen Qingyuan hadn't forgotten about his agreement with the Heavenly Abyss Existence and planned to depart in a few days.

In recent days, the news of Chen Qingyuan's return from the Heavenly Abyss had spread across the Great River.

Many forces wanted to learn about the situation within the Heavenly Abyss and sent their senior officers to the Xuan Qing Sect. In response, the Xuanqing Sect stated that Chen Qingyuan was unwell and would not see any guests.

In the face of the coercion and lure of the various powerful forces, the Xuanqing Sect had always protected Chen Qingyuan and did not let Chen Qingyuan face these bad things.

Secretly, Chen Qingyuan had left the Xuanqing Sect silently under the arrangement of his protective senior brother, Dong Qinjun.

Even though the crowd was curious about Chen Qingyuan's whereabouts, they didn't ask too many questions, they only hoped that Chen Qingyuan would be safe and sound.ъìqυgΕtv.℃ǒΜ

Chen Qingyuan's cultivation had been abolished, so temporarily leaving the Xuanqing Sect was also a good choice.

Going to a nearby city, Chen Qingyuan bought some spirit talismans for catching the road, which could be activated with just a spirit stone and did not need to mobilize spiritual qi on its own.

After spending a whole month, Chen Qingyuan finally arrived at his destination.

Bright Moon City, located in a corner of the Northern Wasteland, was very remote.

There was a courtyard at the end of a street within the city, very simple, and very few people passed by.

‘Who is it?’

Chen Qingyuan knocked on the closed courtyard door, and an old voice came out from it.

‘Open the door and you'll know.’

Chen Qingyuan said.

Ka-

The gate opened with a piercing creak.

A dark-skinned old man with a cane and a stooped figure looked weak. The old man looked Chen Qingyuan up and down for a few moments and grinned, revealing a mouthful of old yellow teeth, ‘Did the gentleman go to the wrong place?’

‘Didn't go to the wrong place, looking for you.’

Saying this, Chen Qingyuan took out a palm-sized wooden plaque.

The moment he saw this wooden plaque, the old man's pain contracted sharply, and his expression instantly changed, serious to the extreme.

Afterward, the old man solemnly said, ‘Please enter.’

This wooden plaque was something that Chen Qingyuan had brought out from within the Heavenly Abyss, and it was said that the owner of the wooden plaque owed a great favor, using this as a token, he could make the owner of the wooden plaque do anything, including taking his life.

‘Where did Gongzi get this thing from?’

After entering the door, the old man looked like a different person, his eyes were sharp and he asked in a deep voice.

‘The Heavenly Abyss.’ Chen Qingyuan spoke bluntly.

Upon hearing this, the old man put away the vigilance he had just displayed and bowed to Chen Qingyuan in respect.

Immediately after, the old man thought of a recent incident, ‘Could the gentleman be Chen Qingyuan of the Xuanqing Sect?’

‘Precisely.’ Chen Qingyuan nodded his head in acknowledgment.

‘Since the gongzi has obtained the wooden tablet, then the old man should keep his word, may I ask what I am commanded to do?’

The old man was prepared to sacrifice his life, serious beyond measure.

‘Is there any way to help me reshape my roots?’

Chen Qingyuan explained his intentions.

‘There is.’ The old man looked at Chen Qingyuan's physical condition and nodded.

He had thought that it was something big, but he hadn't expected it to be so simple.

‘Are you sure?’ Chen Qingyuan questioned in a suspicious voice.

‘It's not difficult.’ The old man said.

‘Dare I ask the senior's name?’

All of the top echelons of the Xuanqing Sect combined could not figure out how to help Chen Qingyuan. However, the old man in front of him felt that the matter was not difficult, causing Chen Qingyuan to hold his fist in respect and ask.

‘Just a bad old man.’

The old man smiled to himself.