"Eh? They are not talking anymore." Fang Yijun puts down the system interface. It was a good distraction, but now she has to deal with her own problem.
Namely, the fact that her former husband and his lover is cowering in the corner of the room.
"Kneel." She suddenly says, Cui Huang and his lover immediately obey, kneeling in front of Fang Yijun so that she would spare their life. Yijun regards the pair of lover. If Cui Huang actually wanted to save his life, perhaps he would have sold his lover out already, but now, they are both here kneeling together. It could be said to be some kind of true love.
If that is so then...
With a wave of her hand, Yijun gently pushes Xing Xiu, her husband's lover away.
"Not you." She says. Cui Huang was sweating bullets on the floor, however he still takes a moment to look back at his lover.
Yijun slowly approaches his kneeling form. Her face is facing him, staring him in the eyes. One old, one young, the former husband and wife regard each other.
Slowly Yijun kneels down to, facing her husband.
"I remember the day of our wedding, we promise to love each other for one hundred years. Well I remember now, it was only one hundred years. A life of a cultivator is different than a normal human, it is already 300 years isn't it?"
Back then they were mortals, having a mortal wedding. However, once they become cultivator, things have changed. Cultivator lives far too long... far too long... Perhaps it is unreasonable to expect someone to love you forever. Perhaps our ancestors was right, human can only love each other for 100 years, all the other talk of love transcending three life time, crossing continents are rubbish. Even now, even if Cui Huang wanted her again, and if he didn't have that affair with the younger cultivator, she doesn't think she could love him again.
There is now a vast gulf between their stations. She is ascending, he is staying. Even if they say they would love each other forever, it is not like it is possible anymore is it.
"Bow." Suddenly she commands. Her husband quickly complies. However what surprise everyone was that Yijun, the supposed immortal in their eyes, who was wronged and seek revenge is also bowing.
Suddenly Cui Huang has tears in his eyes, recognizing what is happening.
"On our wedding day, we kowtow three time. One to the Heaven and Earth who was witness."
Yijun bows again, causing Cui Huang to reluctantly follow suit.
"One was to the ancestors because both your parents have already passed and I was born orphaned."
Again, she bows for the third time, tears fall down Cui Huang's aging face. There was also a streak of tear on Yijun's face, but quickly she swallows it. The taste of her own bitterness and regret, it was not as bitter as she thought.
"Then we kowtow to each other to pay our respect." Yijun bows again for the last time. Cui Huang looks at her, face full of regret.
Yijun stands up and looks around the familiar place, the same sect that she and Cui Huang has cultivated into a great sect in this continent.
"We have since paid each other back everything that was owed. From today forth, Fang Yijun and Cui Huang do not have anything to do with each other anymore."
She is ascending, it is better to cut this red string now lest it plagues her heart. From now on, she has nothing to do with this continent anymore.
"Wai-" A man's voice calls out to her. Yijun did not look back. Flying slowly upward, she was like the great cloud in the sky, belonging to the heaven and not the earth anymore, even if she wanted to stay, she couldn't. A calm green color cloud appears in the sky, signalling master Fang Yijun's ascension.
The matter of the world are so ephemeral...
"Yes! I did it! That was such a cool speech that my legends will surely be passed down for generations to come." Yijun excitedly laughs.
Though she doesn't know exactly where she is though... She thought ascension was... ascension, becoming deity. But after flying through an indeterminable distance, seeing the world fading away beneath her feet, she ended up in the middle of nowhere. Surrounding her was white cloud, even with her sense, she couldn't sense anything.
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"Don't tell me ascending just mean flying with the cloud. Where are the handsome immortals and delicious immortal banquet that extend your age for thousand of years?"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, even though her sense didn't pick up anything, a net come down from above, stopping her in place. Yijun tries to struggle, but the net tighten, making her feel likes all of her strength are gone. From the cloud, scary men in armor come out, as if they were waiting. And contrary to her expectation, they were not handsome either.
"Halt! Who dare enter the Nine Cloud Kingdom on the emperor and empress's joyous day?"
'Eh? Emperor, Empress?' Is what was going through Yijun's mind. Are they immortals?
"Wait a minute brother Dai Qiu." Suddenly one of the man raises a placating hand speaking out for her. Great! Even in the world of immortal, great beauties are favored. Perhaps this man knows how to treat a flower delicately.
However, the next moment, she regrets those words. The man in armor calmly walks over and cup her cheek with one hand. His gaze was filled with lust that almost causes Yijun to hurl with disgust.
"It is one of the people from the lower world. Even if they wanted to, they don't have the ability to even scratch brother Dai Qiu's toe, let alone disrupt the banquet."
The lustful man starts stroking Yijun in her bound state. She tries to fight, but no matter how much she wants to move, her body does not answer.
The big man seems annoyed with the lustful man's antic, but he does not say anything.
"How about it beauty? Do you want to come with me, let brother Dong Yu here shows you how I treat a delicate flower. The moment I first laid eyes on you I was already in love. Just who are your parents to make such a beauty?"
Yijun grits her teeth. She is already an old woman, how dare this man treats her like this. Perhaps it was better to ascend as an old woman.
Suddenly in front of her, the system interface appears.
"Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie: Fairy Yijun, at Cloud Forming realm, you are about to ascend right?"
Another system message suddenly appears at that moment.
"System Notice: Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie was given a warning point.
Note: Please respect the anonymity of other while using the Heavenly Dao Discussion. Reminder: For the safety and anonymity of the participants...."
The familiar message about safety and anonymity appears at that moment. However... Yijun grits her teeth, she is currently occupied right now. The lustful man suddenly picks her up and carries her over his shoulder without any objections from his fellow guards. If this System wants to be useful, it should have chosen a better time.
Suddenly, Zheng Jie types again on the screen.
"Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie: I'm busy with something right now so I can't give advice, but you should join my Heavenly Sword Sect's branch within the Nine Cloud Kingdom. I believe you are a wonderful cultivator, to reinforce that foundation, you should join the Heavenly Sword Sect. Especially since you have interacted with that devil Yan Yu and all, it's time to reinforce your own cultivation and mind through the Heavenly Sword Sect's empty blade technique to starve off Devil cultivation's influence. The Heavenly Sword Sect's branch should be opened in every city within the Nine Cloud continent, you can advance through the branch and enter the main sect. When that happens I may be able to give you pointers. That's it for now. I have business to take care off. It should be quick."
Yijun stares uncomprehendingly at the screen like Zheng Jie is speaking in a completely different languages. Suddenly another System Notice appears.
"System Notice: Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie was given a warning point.
Note: Please respect the anonymity of other while using the Heavenly Dao Discussion. Reminder: For the safety and anonymity of the participants....
Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie was given a warning point.
Note: Please don't advertise your own sect on the System's space.
System Notice: Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie was banned for three days."