Love & Redemption
Chapter 251: Final Volume: I Am Liuli - 10: Divine Witch (Part 4)

Chapter 251: Final Volume: I Am Liuli Chapter 10: Divine Witch (Part 4)

"Are you... okay?" Xuanji walked up to him and crouched down, hesitantly looking at him.

Tengshe clutched his abdomen, his hand smeared with fresh blood, and waved it in front of her while laughing, "Does it look like I’m okay to you?"

"Then I’ll avenge you right now!" She turned on her heel to settle accounts with Azure Dragon, only to find that Azure Dragon had long since dragged Vermilion Bird away to who knows where. She definitely wasn’t the type to do something wrong and then innocently stay put waiting to be found.

"Hey, it’s okay! A wound like this will heal in a day, it’s no big deal." Tengshe crossed his legs and propped his chin up, smiling oddly. They looked at each other for a while, both seemingly wanting to say something yet hesitating. Xuanji felt a bit embarrassed and eventually sat down opposite him, hugging her knees, and after a long silence, she said, "You... really don’t want me to break the contract? Losing an arm is... not that big of a deal..."

Tengshe’s expression turned serious, he took hold of her right wrist, lowered his head to look at it for a long while before softly saying, "No, there’s no need. Just be like this, fine as you are. I don’t need a woman to lose an arm for me; it would give me nightmares later."

Xuanji snorted with laughter, leaving Tengshe confused by her amusement, his eyes widening. She said slowly, "You look more human now, not too much like a beast."

Tengshe clicked his tongue and lifted his head high, huffing, "What are you talking about! I’ve always been an upstanding and formidable chap! Only a woman with no vision would see me as a beast."

Xuanji laughed, "Sure, sure, you’re a formidable chap. Who was it that got angry and forced me to break the contract earlier? When you brought it up, she looked somewhat downcast and added, "You said some really hurtful things that day."

Tengshe blanked out for a moment before saying, "I thought I could handle this well, but I ended up realizing that I can’t actually do anything." He paused, then continued, "Initially, that day, Heaven had already sent someone to capture you. But for some reason, they called it off, and the Heavenly Emperor has some mysterious plans in mind. I thought about it for a long time, but still don’t understand what he’s up to..."

Xuanji pouted and said, "Who cares about your mysterious stuff? I’m saying that you were very rude that day, and you should apologize to me!"

Tengshe looked down at her with disdain, snorting through his nose, "Apologize your big head..."

If it weren’t for the fact that he was injured, Xuanji really would have liked to give him a good beating.

Suddenly Tengshe said, "If you’re referring to when I said you had no heart, I actually heard that from someone else."

That day, after receiving Xuanji’s consent, Tengshe ran off to the town to buy something to eat. He had barely taken a couple of bites before sensing Heaven’s summon. An Immortal on duty in the Lower Realm must respond within three moments upon activation of the True Words, and Tengshe was no exception.

As he reluctantly made his way to the one who had activated the True Words, he found that it was Ying Long who had come. Of course, he was there to persuade Tengshe to return, not just to persuade him, but also to bring him earth-shattering news: Since Xuanji was implicated in rebellion, the Heavenly Emperor had decided to send someone to arrest her. Tengshe, who had been spending all his time with Xuanji, naturally expressed extreme discontent with this. Ying Long tried to convince him for a long time but to no avail. Finally, Ying Long said, "We are like brothers, and it’s only because of this that I’ve come to warn you. You take my good intentions for an act of ignorance, so be it then. Continue to mix with that heartless monster; I’ll wait and see whether you rise above or fall into disgrace!"

Tengshe immediately took this to heart and pressed for details, "What heartless monster? Who are you cursing?"

Ying Long coolly said, "You should ask yourself who you’re the spiritual beast for! Instead of being a Divine Beast with divine duties, you choose to come down and serve a monster, getting addicted to playing the servant! And you even defend her!"

Tengshe ignored the insult and pursued, "Clarify your words, heartless monster, are you referring to Xuanji? What happened to her?"

Ying Long spoke ominously, "She’s a creature with only a shell, there’s nothing more I can tell you. You better watch yourself, if you don’t return with me today, the next time we meet, you’ll be branded as a traitor. Hmph, after all these years of friendship, I’ve done my duty."

After these words, Ying Long turned to leave, but Tengshe hurriedly pulled at him, "Wait! Since you’ve already brought it up, why not finish what you started? I’ll go with you if you insist, but you have to tell me everything!"

Ying Long shook off his sleeve, "Just take that question to her, and stop bothering me! Make a decision, are you coming or not?"

Seeing the situation was so dire, and knowing that it wasn’t good for him to stay down here any longer, Tengshe reluctantly agreed to follow Ying Long back to Heaven and to plead guilty to Emperor Bai. He had intended to explain the misunderstanding to Emperor Bai once he got back to Heaven, but to his surprise, Emperor Bai was colder than ever and showed none of his previous affection. Had it not been for Ying Long interceding, Tengshe might have been thrown in the dungeon, rather than enjoying the privilege of house arrest.

"Ying Long told me to ask you, and I did, but you’re just as confused as I am. I reckon this doesn’t sound like good news; it’s probably a secret. When you see the Heavenly Emperor later, you’ll need to ask him about it," Tengshe said.

Xuanji didn’t respond, her mind drifting back to the voice she remembered just before Juntian Ring shattered.

She always had this feeling right before she was about to remember something important, but then would forget everything once more. It was an unpleasant sensation, like being unable to sneeze. Was she truly a heartless monster? Just a shell?

As a child, she had no interest in anything, everything was bland to her and her favorite activity was daydreaming. Everyone said she was like someone without a heart. So, it wasn’t a lie—it was the truth. She really had no heart? Then what exactly was she? Wasn’t she the War God General?

No, no... What is this about the War God General again? With so many brave and skilled people in Heaven, why is it that they would send her, a frail woman, to face the invading Asura? How had she become the War God? Every immortal has their own past, some cultivated to become immortals, and some are born from the essence and spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but what about her origins?

Wuzhiqi said that the Juntian Ring is a Divine Artifact left by a Heavenly God, but no one knows which Heavenly God it was. Why did she have such a strong reaction to the Juntian Ring?

The more Xuanji thought about it, the more puzzled she became; it was as if a hand was scrambling her thoughts inside her head, creating chaos and leaving her unable to find any reason or remember anything.

How did the War God come to be, after all?

She couldn’t answer this question at all.

Seeing the troubled look on her face, Tengshe said, "If you can’t figure it out on your own, why not keep your doubts and ask the Heavenly Emperor himself? For now, save your energy. The Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird surely won’t give up easily. Knowing that dead woman Azure Dragon’s personality, she will definitely come to sneak attack every now and then. You’ll be driven mad by her, unable to avoid fighting."

Xuanji nodded, got up, and called out, "Brother Liu, let’s go..." but when she turned around, she found the place empty; Liu Yihuan’s figure was nowhere to be seen! She was stunned for a moment; she had only spoken a few words with Tengshe! How could he have disappeared?

"Not good! He must have been captured by the Azure Dragon!" Xuanji immediately made that assumption.

Tengshe coughed and said, "No... I saw him follow the Azure Dragon of his own accord. This time... it has nothing to do with the Azure Dragon."

"You saw it?!" Xuanji jumped up, "Why didn’t you stop him?!"

Tengshe rolled his eyes: "Why should I stop him... Besides, his soul wasn’t even here; trying to stop him would just be a waste of my energy, especially since I’ve been seriously injured."

Of course, he was making sense. It seemed Liu Yihuan had taken a serious blow to the head, acting as if he had seen a beautiful woman for the first time. He had always been lustful, but had never been so disoriented. This wasn’t Qingyang where he could run around like the king of the jungle. Running amok in Kunlun Mountain, especially as a condemned man, would be courting death.

"Let’s go! Quick!" Xuanji was so vexed she felt like her hair was turning white. They had started with five people, and in no time she was left alone. Fortunately, she had found Tengshe, but he had also been injured.

"What are you planning to do?" Tengshe asked impatiently.

"Look for Brother Liu, what else?" She couldn’t stop Wuzhiqi or Zi Hu, and she hadn’t been able to catch Si Feng. If she let Liu Yihuan escape now, she might as well bang her head against the wall.

Tengshe sighed and said, "Stop looking for him. Going to see the Heavenly Emperor is what’s important. His Excellency is probably coming down to Kunlun Mountain in the next few days. Before he arrives, hundreds of gods will wander and patrol around Kunlun Mountain. It’s so vast here; by the time you find him, you’ll probably be stung into a hive. Save your energy! Going to the main hall and finding a corner to wait is the right move!"

Xuanji wouldn’t listen to him. After half a day of arguing, just when she was about to grab Tengshe by force, they heard footsteps coming from behind. Turning their heads, they saw Liu Yihuan returning on his own.

"Brother Liu! Where did you run off to?!" Xuanji hurriedly pounced on him and pulled him over.

Liu Yihuan’s face was flushed, and after a silly smile that lasted for quite a while, he finally said, "I went to elope with the beauty."

What?! Both Xuanji and Tengshe were shocked. Tengshe’s voice trembled as he said, "Wait! The beauty you’re talking about... it isn’t the Azure Dragon, is it?!"

Liu Yihuan’s face turned even redder and he confessed, "It looks like you’ve all figured it out... Yes, it’s her."

Seeing his bashful and coy expression, Xuanji felt chills running down her back and quickly pressed, "You... you and her... eloped? What did you both say to each other?"

Liu Yihuan chuckled, completely enraptured by his own thoughts, oblivious to the world until Xuanji and Tengshe, barely able to contain themselves from thrashing him, he finally began to recount what had just happened.

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