We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?

Chapter 581: Emerging from Seclusion

In the seventh year after Xiao Mo emerged from seclusion.

Because Xiao Mo had placed Liu Shui’s karma into the river of time, involving karmic threads that stretched across a thousand years, it had indeed consumed a great deal of his strength.

However, after seven years of quiet recuperation, Xiao Mo was basically unharmed.

One day, just as Xiao Mo was sitting in the courtyard with his eyes closed in meditation, ripples of spiritual power suddenly trembled outward layer after layer from a mountain peak in the direction of Tushan, spreading in all directions.

Xiao Mo slowly opened his eyes and looked toward the source of those spiritual-power ripples.

That place was a blessed grotto-heaven, and only one person was in seclusion there.

He understood at once.

Junmeng had emerged from seclusion.

Xiao Mo stood and leaped into the air, flying toward Gui Junmeng’s location.

By the time he arrived, Gui Junmeng had just walked gracefully out of the cave dwelling.

When Xiao Mo sensed the aura of perfected completion of the Immortal Realm emanating from her, surprise appeared on his face.

In his view, for Junmeng to break through to the late stage of the Immortal Realm during this seclusion would already have been extremely difficult.

He had not expected Junmeng to take another step and enter perfected completion of the Immortal Realm. This truly went beyond his expectations.

And when Gui Junmeng sensed the mysterious resonance of the Way belonging to the Immortal Realm on Xiao Mo, undisguisable joy flashed through her eyes.

“Xiao Mo... congratulations. You’ve stepped into the Immortal Realm,” Gui Junmeng said happily, her eyes curving with her smile.

“Compared to you, this hardly counts for anything.” Xiao Mo smiled and shook his head, a few traces of emotion in his voice. “I truly didn’t expect that you would already have reached perfected completion of the Immortal Realm, Junmeng. That’s really amazing.”

“Actually... it isn’t that I’m amazing...”

Gui Junmeng gently shook her head. A complex look quietly flashed through her clear eyes.

“During this seclusion, I vaguely sensed Tushan Jingci’s presence as well.”

“Between Tushan Jingci and me, it was as if some strange connection had formed. The insights and gains we obtained during seclusion seemed as if they could pass back and forth between us in the unseen.”

Gui Junmeng paused, then continued.

“And when I emerged from seclusion, Tushan Jingci emerged from seclusion as well. Right now, she should also be at perfected completion of the Immortal Realm...”

“The two of you can share what you gain and perceive?”

Xiao Mo could not help going blank when he heard Gui Junmeng’s words.

But after thinking about it, this matter did not seem impossible.

Because strictly speaking, Tushan Jingci and Junmeng had originally been a single person.

It was only because the human bloodline and the demon-race bloodline had been separated that they had become two people as they were now.

And now, both of them had already cultivated to the Immortal Realm. While they comprehended the Great Dao at the same time in seclusion, it was indeed possible that some indescribable connection would form between them in the unseen.

“Right, Xiao Mo...” Gui Junmeng seemed to suddenly remember something, and her tone became urgent and tense. “What about Sister Liu Shui? How is Sister Liu Shui now?”

“Sister Liu Shui...”

Xiao Mo wanted to speak, but stopped. The words reached his lips, only to be swallowed back down again, and a deep sorrow appeared in his eyes.

And seeing Xiao Mo’s expression, how could Gui Junmeng not know what had happened?

Her heart sank all at once.

“Come on... I’ll take you to see Sister Liu Shui...”

Xiao Mo sighed softly and flew toward a mountain peak.

Half an incense stick later, Gui Junmeng followed Xiao Mo to Liu Shui’s grave marker.

Because Liu Shui’s body had perished and her Way had fallen, leaving no corpse behind, Xiao Mo had built a cenotaph for her.

Xiao Mo and Gui Junmeng each offered Liu Shui a stick of incense.

Pale smoke curled upward, scattering with the wind.

Xiao Mo also told Gui Junmeng about Liu Shui’s failed seclusion.

At the same time, Xiao Mo told Gui Junmeng that he had already used the river of time to interfere with the karmic direction of Liu Shui’s next life.

After learning that Liu Shui would be able to begin well and end well in her next life, and even become a cultivator of the Jade Pith Realm, Gui Junmeng felt much more comforted.

But a friend’s departure still left her mood very low. That hollow melancholy could not be shaken no matter what.

On the way back, Gui Junmeng said nothing. She only lowered her head, as if silently thinking about something.

Xiao Mo did not disturb her.

He understood that Junmeng and Sister Liu Shui had been deeply close.

Moreover, Gui Junmeng was someone delicate of mind, someone who valued emotion and loyalty.

The pain of a friend’s departure would ultimately need time for her to slowly ease through on her own.

“Xiao Mo...” Just as Xiao Mo was about to step into the courtyard, Gui Junmeng gently tugged at the hem of his robe.

“What is it?” Xiao Mo turned around. He smiled faintly, his gaze gentle.

“Will there also come a day when you leave me behind like Sister Liu Shui did?” She slowly lifted her head and looked seriously into Xiao Mo’s eyes, a trace of fear that was hard to conceal hidden in her tone.

Listening to Gui Junmeng’s question and looking at those eyes as clear as water, Xiao Mo’s lips parted slightly. Yet for a moment, something caught in his throat, and he did not know how to speak.

“Xiao Mo... promise me... don’t leave me all alone... all right...”

Seeing that Xiao Mo did not answer, Gui Junmeng’s delicate hand gripped the hem of Xiao Mo’s robe even tighter, her fingertips faintly turning white.

“All right...” Xiao Mo smiled and nodded, his voice gentle and certain. “Don’t worry. No matter what happens, I won’t leave you.”

“Really?” Gui Junmeng lifted her face and confirmed again, careful hope flickering in her eyes.

Xiao Mo smiled, reached out, and gently stroked Gui Junmeng’s long hair, soft and smooth as a waterfall. In a low voice, he said,

“Really...”

...

Tushan.

When Tushan Meng learned that Tushan Jingci had successfully emerged from seclusion and stepped into perfected completion of the Immortal Realm in one stroke, she was extremely happy.

Not only that, but now, Tushan’s grand formation had already been completed.

Tushan Meng felt that she could finally carry out that final step.

In Tushan Meng’s view, when that time came, Tushan would not merely become the number one great power in the demon-race world. Even the Ten Thousand Arts world—what would it amount to?

The humiliation of the two wars between humans and demons would be repaid by Tushan on behalf of the demon-race world, doubled over!

However, just as Tushan Meng was making preparations for the final step, one night, Tushan Jingci walked alone into the courtyard where Tushan Meng was.

“Jingci, what is it?”

Looking at the disciple before her, Tushan Meng smiled faintly and asked softly.

“Master.” A sharp killing intent suddenly flashed through Tushan Jingci’s eyes. “I request permission to kill Yuan!”

“And the reason?” Tushan Meng still wore a smile, her tone unhurried.

“There’s no need for any reason. There is too much wrong with this person. I have an intuition that she is using us. If Master listens to her and trusts her, the whole of Tushan may be doomed beyond redemption!”

Tushan Jingci spoke coldly, her voice carrying certainty that brooked no doubt.

“Hehehe... Jingci...” Tushan Meng laughed softly a few times, her tone meaningful. “That Yuan is using me, but am I not also using her?”

Tushan Meng stood and reached out, gently patting Tushan Jingci on the shoulder, the gesture carrying a hint of reassurance.

“I have already examined the formation blueprint she gave me again and again together with several elders. Don’t worry. She can’t play any tricks!”

“And before long, I will make you the first cultivator since ancient times to step into the two lost realms!”