Chapter 0283 – The Wind Rises – Absolute Returns

by GreatBrother(위대한 다오 형제)

Bright moonlight, like a silver glow, poured down, enveloping the stronghold of the Heavenly Demon God Sect in a blanket of silence.

The Blood Heavenly Sword Demon inserted the Sky Destroying Sword in the courtyard, leaned against the sword, and drank alone. For him, only leaning on this accompanying his many years of treasure knife drinking wine, can realize that belongs to the Jianghu’s heroic and unrestrained.

"In the past, you always held a scroll in your hands, why do you have the leisure to drink wine today?" A familiar voice came from behind him with a few hints of flirtation.

When the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but spread a smile.

Jian Wuji sat on the ground beside him, the two of them sitting side by side, looking at the bright moon in the sky. When they initially met, the two had always sat opposite each other, but now, sitting side by side, they were instead more comfortable.

"Give me a cup as well." Jian Wuji said.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon handed him the wine pot, and Jian Wuji took it and tilted his head back to take a sip.

"Good wine!" Jian Wuji exclaimed.

"Things should be very busy on your side, right?" Blood Heavenly Blade Demon asked.

"No matter how busy I am, I still have to find time to visit senior." Jian Wuji laughed, "If I didn’t come, wouldn’t senior be lonely?"

"When you’re lonely, you read, when you’re tired of reading, you drink, there’s always a way to pass the time." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said indifferently.

"Where is Master?" Jian Wuji asked.

"Practicing in the backyard." The Blood Sky Blade Demon said.

It seemed that Master could only practice alone because he was unable to attend the late night practice party. I don’t know what Qian Su Xi is doing now, is she practicing hard or enjoying her rare freedom?

"Is there something troubling you in your mind?" The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon suddenly asked.

Jian Wuji was shocked in his heart, this old man, what a keen insight!

"Could senior be a mind reader?" Jian Wuji joked.

"The old man has lived for so many years, if he doesn’t even have this kind of eyesight, wouldn’t he have lived in vain?" The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon laughed, "Speak up, but those guys from the righteous path are going to make a move on you? Setting up a dragnet to wipe you out?"

"If that’s the case, it’s not much of an annoyance." Jian Wuji said, "Senior only needs to say one word, and I will be able to escape with my life."

Whenever he was bored in his heart, Jian Wuji would come to seek the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon, not to seek answers, but because when he was with him, his heart would feel inexplicably calm. Moreover, many times, in the process of talking with him, Jian Wuji would also find a solution to his problems.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon poured wine for him while saying, "There’s no need to pursue perfection in everything."

"What does senior see?" Jian Wuji asked.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon nodded, it seemed that he had indeed been a bit overly cautious during this period of time, after all, it was about the Demon Transformation Elder, he had to be careful.

"It is only after one dies that one regrets not having done better, that one wants to do it all over again, but that is all vain." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said, "When people are dying, all they think about are those unfinished business, those people they want to see again, those people they want to say one more word, that’s life."

As his understanding of the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon grew deeper and deeper, Jian Wuji also discovered more and more of those unknown other sides of him.

When they first met, Jian Wuji could not have imagined that he would say these philosophical words. Perhaps it was because he was well-read, perhaps it was because he had experienced too many changes in the world, in short, he was already very different from the bloodthirsty devil that Jian Wuji remembered.

"In that case, I’ve done pretty well." Jian Wuji laughed, "In order to not let myself regret it, that’s why I purposely came to visit senior."

Although the Blood Heavenly Sword Demon’s mouth said, "You kid, don’t come to this set", but his heart was very flattered.

"What’s in your kid’s mind, I’m afraid, is not Lao Fu, but that masked guy, that guy who is addicted to alcohol, that guy who dances with swords and guns all day long, and that guy who thinks about martial arts all day long, right?"

When Jian Wuji heard this, he laughed out loud and said, "Senior, can’t you see that under the cover of this great sword, your figure, always occupies the most important position?"

The Blood Sky Blade Demon laughed along with him, and the two of them raised their glasses together, looking up at the bright moon in the sky.

"Does senior have any regrets in this life?" Jian Wuji asked.

The Blood Heavenly Sword Demon’s eyes were slightly misty, as if he was remembering something from the past. Was it the relationship with the One Flower Sword Venerable that ended without any problems, or was it some other unspeakable regret?

"Old me has no complaints or regrets in this life." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said indifferently.

When Jian Wuji heard this, his heart was slightly touched, and he hoped that the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon would truly be able to do so without any complaints or regrets, instead of just paying lip service to it.

"Today, I met Qin Xiajun’s master, Bo Qianjing." Jian Wuji said.

When the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon heard this, his eyes instantly became sharp, he knew that Bo Qianjing was the key figure to unraveling this incident.

"How does it feel?" Blood Sky Blade Demon asked.

"This person is unfathomable, whether it’s his mind and city, or his martial arts cultivation, they are all extraordinary." Jian Wuji said.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon nodded and said, "If not, we wouldn’t have to go to such great lengths."

"No matter what, we must be careful." Jian Wuji said.

"This matter is not easy, although you are cautious, the other party may not give you this opportunity." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said.

"What does senior mean by that?" Jian Wuji asked in confusion.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon explained, "The more powerful you are, the more scrupulous your opponents will be, and the more they will want to get rid of you."

"It’s rare to hear senior praise me, it’s truly delightful." Jian Wuji laughed, "Senior, feel free to praise me, I will never be complacent."

"You brat, cut the crap." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon laughed and cursed.

The two men raised their glasses again and drank from them.

Jian Wuji did not come here just to drink and chat with the Blood Sky Blade Demon, he had more important things to discuss with him.

He took out a wooden sculpture from his bosom and handed it to the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon.

"Has senior ever seen this before?"

It was the very same faceless wooden sculpture he had brought out of Bakchikage’s room.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon took the wooden carving, scrutinized it carefully, shook his head, and said, "Never seen it before, this wooden carving, it’s a bit odd."

The wooden carving did look a little spooky with its lifelike carving of the torso, except for the face, which was blank.

"Does senior know the ‘Wood Form Thousand Souls Art’?" Jian Wuji asked.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon was startled when he heard this, and his gaze once again fell onto that wooden carving.

"Could it be that this wooden sculpture is related to the ‘Wood Form Thousand Souls Technique’?" The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon asked.

It seems that the Blood Heavenly Sword Demon has some understanding of the "Wooden Thousand Souls Technique", after all, he has read a lot of books, and he knows all kinds of schools and martial arts in the Jianghu Lake like the back of his hand.

"What Bo Qianjing cultivates is none other than the ‘Wood Form Thousand Souls Art’, and this wooden sculpture, he carved it himself." Jian Wuji said.

"How is this possible!" The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon exclaimed.

"’Wood Form Thousand Soul Technique’ is the secret mastery of the Wood Heavenly Clan, and the Wood Heavenly Clan has long been extinguished, so in this world, how can there still be people practicing this technique?"

"The Wood Heavenly Family has been exterminated?" Jian Wuji asked, he knew something about the "Wood Form Thousand Souls Technique", but he did not know that the Wood Heavenly Clan had been exterminated.

"It was more than ten years ago." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said.

"What exactly is going on?" Jian Wuji pursued.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon shook his head and said, "Little is known about this matter, the Wood Heavenly Family has always acted mysteriously, and even the reason for the extermination is unknown."

Bo Qianjing was actually a descendant of the Wood Heavenly Clan? This news surprised Jian Wuji.

"The master of the grandson of the Martial Alliance Master is actually a descendant of the Wood Heavenly Clan, this matter is indeed not trivial." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said.

"Qin Xiajun knows nothing about this matter, and I’m sure the Martial Alliance Master doesn’t know about it either." Jian Wuji said.

"The secret techniques of the Wood Heavenly Clan have always been secretive, and it would indeed be difficult to detect them if they were deliberately hidden." The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said, "How did you discover it?"

"It was sensed by the Nine Specters Demonic Skill." Jian Wuji said, "It seems that this ‘Wood Form Thousand Soul Technique’ is inextricably linked to the Demonic Skill."

The Nine Sephiroth Demon Technique was the ultimate in demonic techniques, and it was not surprising that he was able to sense the existence of other demonic techniques.

A descendant of an exterminating family, lurking in the Martial Arts Alliance, and also the master of the grandson of the Alliance Master, with the old man of the Demon Transforming Demon behind him, this matter was indeed worrisome.

"Senior, how should we respond?" Jian Wuji asked.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon pondered for a moment and said, "I don’t know, I’ve been a killer all my life, and I’ve never considered the consequences."

He raised his glass and drank it down, saying, "That’s why it’s easy to kill a weak person, but it’s hard to keep a strong person alive."

Meanwhile, Qin Xia Ling was meeting with Qin Xia Jun.

"Well? What did he say, Master?" Qin Xia Ling asked.

Qin Xiajun hesitated for a moment and said, "Master said …… that he had met Jian Wuji for the first time and was not yet able to judge his character."

He really couldn’t say that Master didn’t even have himself in his sights, much less treat him as a disciple.

Qin Xia Ling saw two very different emotions on her brother’s face: anger and hope. She knew to whom each of these two emotions pointed.

"Brother ……" Qin Xia Ling softly called out.

"What’s wrong?" Qin Xiajun asked.

She wanted to tell her brother that she believed in him, and therefore, he should believe in himself as well. But she knew her brother’s character, and in this situation, saying such things would only hurt his pride and backfire.

"It seems that at your core, brother, you are still a martial artist." Qin Xia Ling laughed.

"What do you mean by that?" Qin Xiajun asked in disbelief.

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