Who Dares Slander My Senior Brother 84

Chapter 84

“I don’t know.” Wen Jing stared blankly at the night sky filled with stars.

“Zhang Liu Pin is the most beloved disciple of Qingxu Zi. He inherited the ‘Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Technique.’ After cultivating in the Lower Spirit Realm for eight hundred years, he finally entered the Refining Void Stage and went to the Upper Spirit Realm. The Upper Spirit Realm is a hundred times more dangerous than the Lower Spirit Realm. Zhang Liu Pin couldn’t cope and was weak. He was heavily injured and on the brink of death during a chaotic battle. At this critical moment, he was saved by an old friend and taken in again.”

“The person who saved him was Qingxu Zi?”

“That’s right. At that time, Qingxu Zi had a giant python that transformed into a human form, along with several other martial brothers. After a thousand years of separation, they naturally rejoiced at their reunion. Qingxu Zi took Zhang Liu Pin back as his disciple and brought him into one of the Ten Major Daoist Sects in the Upper Spirit Realm, taking care of him attentively. From then on, Zhang Liu Pin had protection and could finally focus on cultivation.”

“Understood.” Wen Jing’s eyes were somewhat moist. “The Giant Tortoise didn’t have such good luck. I couldn’t protect it.”

“After seven to eight hundred years passed, Qingxu Zi finally succeeded in crossing the tribulation and ascended to the Heavenly Realm. This was a great event. However, a few years later, a tragic event occurred.”

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Wen Jing’s lips trembled slightly. “Does Shixiong mean…”

Jun Yanzhi’s eyes were slightly moist. “Immortal Wang Zun was eager to summon Qingxu Zi back and agreed, but killing the python was indeed a difficult task. After thinking for a long time, he finally set up an elaborate plan, but he needed someone’s help.”

“What kind of help?”

“Wang Zun was only a true immortal who had attained the Dao for a few hundred years. His cultivation level was still shallow, making it difficult for him to bring Qingxu Zi back from the Mortal Realm. However, he could send a person’s primordial spirit into the Mortal Realm to guide that primordial spirit in bringing Qingxu Zi back. So, he found Zhang Liu Pin.”

Wen Jing was slightly startled. “Doesn’t that mean Zhang Liu Pin will commit suicide?”

“Yes. When Zhang Liu Pin heard that he could bring Qingxu Zi back, he was overjoyed and immediately committed suicide with a sword. At that time, he had already reached the Crossing Tribulation Stage in his cultivation, and thousands of years of progress were destroyed in an instant. Coincidentally, it was time for Qingxu Zi to reach the age of fourteen. Zhang Liu Pin was sent into the Mortal Realm by Wang Zun and brought him back.”

“And then?”

“The elaborate plan set by Wang Zun was meant to cause Qingxu Zi to misunderstand the python in many ways, leading him to kill it. Zhang Liu Pin was reluctant at first, but he couldn’t resist Wang Zun’s threat and agreed to help him once. He knew that Qingxu Zi probably wouldn’t kill the python, so he asked Wang Zun to take the responsibility. If this plan failed, Qingxu Zi and the python would be left to live or die in the Lower Spirit Realm, no longer causing trouble.”

“I see. So, the voice I heard when I died was…”

“After Zhang Liu Pin brought Qingxu Zi back, because of the agreement with the Wang Zun and fearing that Qingxu Zi was still young and unable to handle the situation, he transformed into a restriction in Qingxu Zi’s mind, reminding him of dangers around him. Neither he nor the Wang Zun expected that when he committed suicide, his primordial spirit left for the Mortal Realm, while his soul survived vaguely, wandering without a place to rely on. At that time, a female turtle was laying eggs, and the soul attached itself to one of the turtle eggs, thus being reborn.”

Wen Jing stared at him in a daze.

“The soul had no memory, consciousness, or wisdom. After the turtle hatched, it lived just like the other turtles, unaware of anything. Unexpectedly, more than a decade later, it encountered the reborn python and refused to leave its side.”

Wen Jing nodded slightly.

“This turtle originally belonged to Qingxu Zi, so it naturally felt closer to him. Later, when Qingxu Zi went up the mountain and they met again, the turtle naturally left the python and stayed by Qingxu Zi’s side.” Jun Yanzhi touched Wen Jing’s head. “I guess that although the turtle has been unaware and ignorant all this time, it must have been happy in recent years.”

Wen Jing’s lips trembled slightly. “Shixiong, could it be that I am really…”

Jun Yanzhi softly interrupted him, “The Heavenly secrets must not be revealed. Just treat it as hearing a story.”

“Alright.” Wen Jing then asked, “What about Zhang Liu Pin’s primordial spirit? He transformed into a restriction to protect Qingxu Zi, but later said he had completed his mission and disappeared.”

Jun Yanzhi pondered for a moment before saying, “When Zhang Liu Pin committed suicide, he had not yet separated from his physical body.Wang Zun found a new body for him in the Upper Spirit Realm, waiting for Zhang Liu Pin’s soul to reunite with it.”

Wen Jing’s eyelashes trembled. “In other words, if the Giant Tortoise dies, its soul will go to the Upper Spirit Realm to reunite with its primordial spirit and start cultivating again?”

“Yes,” Jun Yanzhi replied, looking down.

“How did you know all this?”

Jun Yanzhi spoke softly, “Do you remember the jade slip in your storage bag? I don’t know where you got it from, but the Giant Tortoise brought it to me, and that’s when I realized it was given to me by Yu Si.”

Wen Jing pondered for a moment. “The jade slip was taken from Wen Renmu.”

Where has Wen Renmu gone? He has not been seen all this time.

Wen Jing slowly sat up and gazed into the distance for a while, then sighed softly, “The Giant Tortoise has truly passed away, hasn’t it? It has gone to reunite with its original primordial spirit in the Upper Spirit Realm, right?”

“Yes,” Jun Yanzhi took a deep breath.

Wen Jing remained in a daze for a while, then slowly lowered his head, asking, “Will we see it again?”

“… Cultivate well, and in the future, when we go to the Upper Spirit Realm, we will surely meet again.”

Wen Jing nodded slightly, “Okay.”

Jun Yanzhi gently pulled him up, “The Giant Tortoise’s body is still in your room, and it hasn’t been long since its passing. Let’s bury it together, okay?”

Wen Jing didn’t speak but made a sound of agreement, letting Jun Yanzhi lead him forward.

Even though he knew that the Giant Tortoise’s soul was immortal and waiting for him in another world, he still couldn’t bear to part with it. The room felt empty without its figure crawling around. If they had not met it in the first place, they would not have known its goodness or what they would have missed. But now that they had grown used to its presence and knew its goodness, losing it was unbearable.

The two silently landed in the empty space in front of Wen Jing’s room. The night wind was cold, causing the door to sway back and forth.

In the room now lay the Giant Tortoise’s lifeless body. Wen Jing’s eyes were moist, and the accumulated sadness from the day finally overwhelmed him, drowning him layer by layer. At this moment, he truly realized that he would never see it again…

Jun Yanzhi stood calmly behind him.

Wen Jing sobbed for a long time, finally wiping his eyes and hoarsely saying, “Shixiong, I’m ready. Let’s go inside.”

“Okay.”

With trembling hands, Wen Jing opened the door, and the cold wind blew in through the gap.

The Giant Tortoise should be lying motionless on the bed… 

Suddenly, something swiftly crawled under his feet and bumped against Wen Jing’s legs.

Wen Jing’s heart trembled as he picked up the basin-sized object, unable to believe his eyes, “It’s not dead? It’s not dead…”

The Giant Tortoise excitedly wriggled in his arms.

“Is it my one?” Wen Jing flipped the Giant Tortoise over and held it up, carefully examining it under the moonlight, somewhat dazed, “It really is my one. Look, there’s my signature…”

Jun Yanzhi’s expression turned serious as he looked towards the dark corner of the room, “Yu Si?”

Wen Jing’s expression also changed, and he held the Giant Tortoise tightly, remaining quiet. The Giant Tortoise was still trying to adjust to the situation, wriggling around.

The room fell into silence for a long time until finally, a deep male voice resounded, “The soul leaves the tortoise’s body and reunites with its primordial spirit in the Upper Spirit Realm? Nonsense.”

Jun Yanzhi tightly pressed his lips together.

Wen Jing was taken aback, “What do you mean?”

“Soul can easily move from the Upper Spirit Realm to the Lower Spirit Realm, but going against the flow is impossible. After Zhang Liu Pin’s primordial spirit left Qingxu Zi, it had already hidden in the tortoise’s body. However, there are many restrictions in the Lower Spirit Realm, and it can only merge in the Upper Spirit Realm. If it dies, its primordial spirit will disperse, and its soul will be reborn. How could you see it again?”

Wen Jing unconsciously looked at Jun Yanzhi and whispered, “Earlier, you…”

The voice from the darkness continued, “He has deceived you time and time again, yet you still remain stubborn. If you had killed him with one strike back then, you would have ascended to the Heavenly Realm long ago, without enduring such painful cultivation.”

Jun Yanzhi’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and he lowered his head slightly.

Wen Jing exclaimed angrily, “You went to great lengths to bring me back, and I will never forget that favor. But you set up a scheme that almost made me kill Jun Yanzhi. I also hold a grudge against you… Who are you to me, in the end?”

The man remained silent for a long time, and his voice finally became hoarse, as if it was difficult to speak, “What is he to you, a Shixiong? I am your Shixiong. You were born in the Upper Spirit Realm, you are Master’s son.”

He paused for a moment and continued, “I used to like teasing you since you were young, but I have never treated you poorly. Who would have thought that after you went to the Lower Spirit Realm for two hundred years and brought back a snake, you stopped being close to me. What’s so good about this worm? Besides being cute and acting spoiled, what else can it do?”

Jun Yanzhi’s eyes turned red.

The man’s anger flared, “You cry and act spoiled all the time, you don’t look like a man at all. It was the same in the past, and it’s still the same now. How have I wronged you?”

Wen Jing retorted, “If you insult him again, I’ll fight you.”

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Translator’s note: Please let me know if there are any mistakes, and pardon the names or terms used if there are any changes from the previous translations. I didn’t start the novel, and only picked it up to finish it as there are a few chapters remaining. I have read this before but has forgotten most as it has been a long time. Thank you! 

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