Was it you that night?
Chapter 168 - 166: He’s Mad: Cut After Cut

Chapter 168: Chapter 166: He’s Mad: Cut After Cut

Xiao Chen saw the situation and his smile became even gentler, "Qinghe, come closer, I have something serious I need to talk to you about. With the Black Rope protecting you, do you think I could possibly harm you?"

Shen Qinghe thought to herself that she indeed had the Black Rope Magical Treasure to protect her body, and ordinary people couldn’t hurt her.

She relaxed her tense nerves, but Xiao Chen suddenly appeared at her side, "Qinghe, hold my hand."

Shen Qinghe looked at him puzzled, "Is Big Senior Brother joking?"

Seeing this, Xiao Chen forcibly made her hold his hand, Shen Qinghe hurriedly struggled as their hands intertwined...

Just as the Black Rope was about to attack Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen looked over and said, "Don’t interfere, Qinghe and I have an unresolved grudge to settle."

The Black Rope didn’t sense any malice from Xiao Chen, and since Xiao Chen had an aura it liked, it went back to Shen Qinghe’s wrist.

Shen Qinghe didn’t expect the Black Rope to heed Xiao Chen’s words, and while she was pondering over this, Xiao Chen’s palm suddenly conjured a dagger, and pulling on her hand, he plunged the dagger into his abdomen.

Shen Qinghe’s face slightly changed, and as she looked up, she met Xiao Chen’s gentle gaze.

Xiao Chen seemed to feel no pain, and smiled elegantly, "I injured you that day, this is what I owe you!"

Shen Qinghe was about to withdraw her hand when Xiao Chen’s other hand gripped her wrist, and as she was forced to apply pressure again, another stab plunged into Xiao Chen’s abdomen.

The pace of Xiao Chen’s actions became faster and faster, as she plunged the dagger into his body again and again, the sound of the dagger entering flesh made her scalp tingle, and she exclaimed, "You’re insane!!"

"Qinghe, have you forgiven me?" Xiao Chen asked as if he felt no pain, his smile still present.

He kept a firm grip on Shen Qinghe’s wrist, with a stubbornness in his eyes that seemed to solidify into something tangible.

Shen Qinghe, looking at the blood-covered Xiao Chen before her, could only guess, could it be that Xiao Chen had suffered emotional trauma at Nan Sheng’s hands, and that he’d come to lash out on her?

"I forgive you, I forgive you, Big Senior Brother has lost a lot of blood, I think it’s important to stop the bleeding." After her initial shock had passed, Shen Qinghe spoke calmly.

After all, it was not her who felt the pain, she didn’t care if Xiao Chen died.

Having received a word of forgiveness from Shen Qinghe, Xiao Chen finally let go of her hand. He applied the Purification Technique to himself, and then went even further, "I’ve been injured, could I possibly sit in the Simple Residence Courtyard for a while, until it hurts a little less before leaving?"

Shen Qinghe thought, what did his pain have to do with her? It wasn’t her who wanted to stab him.

Yet Xiao Chen didn’t wait for her to reply, and spoke as if to himself, "You didn’t refuse, which is silent consent."

Having said that, he stepped into the threshold of the Simple Residence Courtyard, just in time to see Shen Zhiyao’s sneaky look as she spied.

Shen Zhiyao was dumbfounded by the scene she had just witnessed, and did not expect Xiao Chen to also enter the Simple Residence Courtyard, catching her in the act and leaving her feeling embarrassed for a moment.

"Zhiyao, do you also want to stab me a few times to vent your anger?" Xiao Chen asked her with a smile.

Remembering the blow Xiao Chen dealt to Qinghe, Shen Zhiyao took the dagger without hesitation and drove it forcefully into Xiao Chen’s wounds several more times.

Xiao Chen did not dodge or escape, letting Shen Zhiyao do as she pleased with the blade.

After stabbing him over a dozen times and finding it meaningless,

Shen Zhiyao thought to herself that stabbing Xiao Chen a few times counted for little. What was it to a person like him? It was only pain for a moment.

"Does Big Senior Brother really think that returning these few stabs to Qinghe would settle everything? Otherwise, I still remember when Big Senior Brother, in his blind prejudice and for the sake of Nan Sheng, targeted us sisters without distinction. What happened has happened, it cannot be undone simply because of these few stabs. Someone like Big Senior Brother will never understand the feeling of powerlessness when being oppressed as weaker beings." Shen Zhiyao spoke calmly.

Xiao Chen listened attentively, and after pondering for quite a while, he said, "I also feel that we can’t just call it even. The best solution would be for me to marry Qinghe and protect her for the rest of my life to repay what I owe her."

Shen Qinghe listened intensely and simply chose not to enter the Simple Residence Courtyard.

Xiao Chen sat for a while and, seeing that Shen Qinghe did not come in, knew she was deliberately avoiding him.

He left the Simple Residence Courtyard and saw Shen Qinghe squatting in the corner counting ants, a scene so heartwarming that it captivated his gaze.

"Qinghe, my words still stand—if you wish to settle with a Daoist companion, consider me..."

Shen Qinghe stood up, interrupting Xiao Chen, "I still say the same thing, Big Senior Brother should look for other female cultivators. You and I are not meant to walk the same path."

She wasn’t foolish, how could she possibly get entangled with Xiao Chen?

As for any man that Nan Sheng had touched, she had only one thought—to stay as far away from them as possible.

Xiao Chen smiled wryly, wanting to pat her on the head.

But Shen Qinghe quickly dodged his affectionate gesture, glaring at him warily.

Xiao Chen was unperturbed, "There’s plenty of time ahead, and we’ll have many more opportunities to come."

Shen Qinghe’s expression was impassive until Xiao Chen was far away before she finally entered the Simple Residence Courtyard.

Dongfang Wuya was deeply engrossed when Xiao Chen suddenly looked up in the direction of the Xuantian Mirror, as if making eye contact with him through it.

Indeed, Xiao Bai had retrieved the Xuantian Mirror, and noticing Xiao Chen’s anomaly, he was secretly astonished, "Xiao Chen seems to know the master is watching him!"

"Given his unique identity, it’s just that he’s deliberately suppressing his true essence for now, so sensing the Xuantian Mirror is quite normal," Dongfang Wuya said as he gazed towards the Simple Residence Courtyard, his eyes reflecting contemplation.

Xiao Bai tentatively suggested, "Master might as well accompany Fairy Qinghe on this journey. Both Yan Changsheng and Xiao Chen have designs on Fairy Qinghe. If the master doesn’t keep a close eye on her, what would you do if they whisk her away?"

Dongfang Wuya toyed with the Xuantian Mirror, then sat down on the windowside armchair, "I am not Shen Qinghe’s mother, how could I possibly stop her if she wants to marry?"

He couldn’t possibly look after Shen Qinghe forever; once he left the Sky Pole Sect, Shen Qinghe would have to walk the path ahead on her own.

"Is the master really willing to watch Fairy Qinghe marry another man?" Xiao Bai was extremely puzzled.

The master clearly cared so much for Fairy Qinghe, so why wouldn’t he admit it?

A month ago, when Fairy Zhiyao was injured and Fairy Qinghe couldn’t stop crying, who was the most heartbroken other than the master?

"Why should I feel reluctant? She is merely a female cultivator that I saved. Beyond that, I have no other connection with her," Dongfang Wuya said, and after finishing, he threw Xiao Bai out of the Bixiao Tower, "If you can’t control your mouth, then don’t show your face around me."

After throwing Xiao Bai out, he still felt oppressed and casually tossed the Xuantian Mirror aside.

His toss was just so, and the Xuantian Mirror coincidentally fell outside the Simple Residence Courtyard.

The Shen sisters only heard what sounded like the earth quaking and mountains shaking and, puzzled, ran outside to see what had happened—only to find the Xuantian Mirror lying outside the Simple Residence Courtyard.

The sisters looked at each other, secretly suspecting that the previous shaking of the Sky Pole Sect also had something to do with the Xuantian Mirror.

While they stood there stunned, a red figure came from the void, as if descending from the heavens, a man with flowing garments, peach-blossom eyes both passionate and distant, facial features sparse and handsome, ethereal and otherworldly, hardly seeming like a real person—was it not Dongfang Wuya?