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Arc 7 – Farewell to that Senior Brother
Chapter 161

Hearing Lin Chengfeng ask him to recite the Heart-Clearing Mantra 30,000 times, Chi Zhao for a moment couldn’t believe his ears.

He didn’t understand. He clearly did everything Lin Chengfeng asked him to, had been extremely docile and obedient and even overperformed in every task he was assigned. He hadn’t made a single mistake so why was he being punished?

Lin Chengfeng looked at him indifferently, the slightly furrowed brows radiating sternness, “Did you bully Elder Wangquan’s disciple today?”

He didn’t remember the name of that female disciple, but he knew who she was under. Chi Zhao was stunned for a long time. Finally, he raised a hand and pointed at himself, “You’re punishing me because of her?”

His voice was filled with disbelief. Just because he made her cry? He didn’t even say anything that harsh. That girl only cried because she had thin skin and couldn’t listen to anything that she didn’t want to hear. Chi Zhao also knew this, so he held himself back. If he didn’t do that, she wouldn’t have just cried.

For a disciple whose name he didn’t even remember, Lin Chengfeng actually wanted to punish him, and it was even punishing him to recite the Heart-Clearing Mantra 30,000 times. This was equivalent to grounding him for half a month. Reciting the Heart-Clearing Mantra once would take half a minute and he wasn’t in the fasting stage and still needed to eat and sleep. If he removed the time for that and used all his remaining time to recite the mantra, he would need to say in his room for at least half a month.

Ever since he came here, Lin Chengfeng had never treated him like this.

Chi Zhao was originally sitting. Looking up at Lin Chengfeng’s eyes, he couldn’t see any tenderness or concern, it was completely cold.

Chi Zhao immediately shot up. His two hands by his sides were clenched into fists and if one looked closely, you would also see that his fists were trembling faintly.

Met with those eyes that were gradually reddening, Lin Chengfeng frowned, “You……..”

Chi Zhao didn’t want to listen to him. He shouted, “I’m not reciting!”

Lin Chengfeng was taken aback.

The youngest junior brother who would smile as soon as he saw him was now glaring at him with anger but because his eyes were red, he wasn’t scary at all and he instead looked a little pitiful. He probably knew how pathetic he looked right now so he turned away to calm his breathing for a while before turning back and looking at him fiercely, “I didn’t do anything wrong, why should I be punished? If you want to lock me up, lock me up. In any case, I’m not reciting that rubbish!”

Lin Chengfeng’s expression was also not very good. He lowered his voice, “It is not up to you. You say that you didn’t do anything wrong but let me ask you. Did I or did I not tell you to clear your mind and calm your heart so that you can control your temper better?”

Chi Zhao stubbornly kept silent, but his eyes wavered a little. It was clear that he was listening.

Lin Chengfeng indeed did say that, but Chi Zhao hadn’t taken it seriously. He had always felt that he had a good temper as it was hard for others to make him angry, so he didn’t think he needed to control it.

He suddenly felt a little guilty. Lin Chengfeng took a step closer to close the distance between the two and looked down at the round fluffy head in front of him. After a moment of silence, he continued, “You think that you are not in the wrong because you think that today’s matter was just a small matter and not enough to create a commotion. Since you also know that it is a small matter and she hadn’t done anything terrible, why did you still say those hurtful words and drive her away?”

“For things like that, you should be able to hold it in, but you didn’t do that. Do you still think that you’re not in the wrong?”

Chi Zhao’s lips were pursed flat. He continued to stare at a spot on the ground without blinking and his expression turned a little ugly.

Lin Chengfeng saw him like this and slowly sighed, “Chi Zhao, look at me.”

Every time Lin Chengfeng called his name, he felt powerless. Chi Zhao dawdled for a while before obediently raising his head.

Seeing the panic and guilt in his eyes, Lin Chengfeng’s voice was faint, “Your heart is unstable.”

Everyone was aware that those with the Yin spiritual root can easily encounter qi deviation and go mad. Chi Zhao naturally also heard about it, but he didn’t expect the Yin spiritual root physique to make him more emotional. Indeed, now that he had calmed down, he realised that he really didn’t need to be so mean to that female disciple. He used to an ally of women. Even if he didn’t like a certain girl, he wouldn’t have been so rude towards them yet here he was acting like a hedgehog, rolling around and pricking people away whenever he was in a poor mood.

He now understood why eldest senior brother punished him to recite the Heart-Clearing Mantra. After figuring out the reasons behind it, he felt that it was fine if he was punished, but he still wanted to defend himself, “It’s not that my heart is not stable. My heart has always been stable…..”

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He was his Dao heart. As long as he was around, nothing would go wrong with Chi Zhao’s cultivation.

Faced with Lin Chengfeng’s cold expression, Chi Zhao’s anxious voice grew smaller, “I-I just couldn’t help it when it’s something related to you……As for other things, I can hold myself back very well.”

He didn’t need to hold himself back for other things. Even if someone poked his nose and said that he was a bringer of misfortune, he wouldn’t even blink his eyes.

Lin Chengfeng’s expression calmed down and it turned dignified.

Something wasn’t right about Chi Zhao.

He didn’t care about certain things, but he cared too much about other things. Of course, the latter part referred to he Lin Chengfeng himself.

Lin Chengfeng thought for a moment and asked, “Something related to me…..Chi Zhao, what are you afraid of?”

All the anger came from his own incompetence and panic. Lin Chengfeng looked at Chi Zhao too intently and seemed to be wanting to know the answer to this question of his. His clear and steady gaze stopped on his face. Chi Zhao felt his heart miss a beat. He pursed his lips, lowered his head and replied in a small voice, “I’m afraid that you would be snatched away. Afraid that you don’t want me anymore.”

For a long time, there was no response from the person above him. Chi Zhao’s heart sank. He didn’t really want to hear the next response.

In fact, Chi Zhao had thought it through. He knew that he wouldn’t be successful with just one or two attempts when pursuing someone. Although the other party and himself had been in love for several centuries, each time the other party had entered the worlds like a blank piece of paper. It was inevitable that he would be affected by the rules of the world and the past. This was the cultivation realm, the ancient world. People’s thinking during this time are inherently conservative and rigid. He was ready to fight a long battle and sometimes he even felt that a world like this was pretty good.

Because he also wanted to use this final chance to let the other person know that he really did love him and was willing to spend his whole life pursuing him.

But thinking it was one thing and experiencing it for real was another thing entirely. Sensing that he was probably going to be issued a ‘good person’ card, Chi Zhao’s entire body exuded an aura that said, ‘I don’t want to hear it’.

……..

At first, it was resistance and then it was despair and it finally turned into suffering. He couldn’t do it anymore. He might as well say it so that he could die a faster death. He took a deep breath and suddenly raised his head, only to see that Lin Chengfeng was looking at him with a complicated expression.

That look of his didn’t look like rejection or acceptance. It was unexpectedly amusing.

Chi Zhao: “???”

After Chi Zhao raised his head, Lin Chengfeng quickly averted his gaze. He took a small step back and no longer looked at Chi Zhao’s eyes, “It’s late, go and rest. Remember to go to morning class tomorrow.”

After saying that, he left, leaving Chi Zhao standing there stunned. Chi Zhao hurried after him, “Th-then what about the Heart-Clearing Mantra?”

Lin Chengfeng’s footsteps paused. Very soon, he continued walking ahead.

His voice drifted into the room along with the wind, “Recite it for one hour every night from now on.”

Chi Zhao: “……….”

So after his confession, his punishment was increased?!

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Chi Zhao angrily went back to meditating and reciting the Heart-Clearing Mantra. After Lin Chengfeng left, he didn’t return to his room and instead sat next to Xieyun Field for a while. There were very few disciples in the back peak and Jiye Zhenren’s direct disciples all didn’t like to be served upon. Junior sister used to have two who cooked for her but after she reached the fasting stage, those two disciples no longer needed to come. What Chi Zhao now ate were food that would be delivered by those disciples at certain times. Lin Chengfeng was even more solitary than what the others thought, and he didn’t let anyone into his courtyard at all, even as a cooking disciple.

The view from the field was very good, as if the sky filled with stars could be reached. The gorgeous scenery was in front and a large stone chessboard behind. Next to the board were also two pillars of the same height. It looked like humans, but there were no faces.

Lin Chengfeng sat there. It was unknown whether he was in thought or simply in daze.

At some point in time, Lu Yuezhi came. He looked at Lin Chengfeng with a smile that also wasn’t quite a smile, “Does eldest senior brother have something bothering you?”

Seeing that Lin Chengfeng was ignoring him, he sat down next to Lin Chengfeng and chuckled, “What is bothering you? Let it out and let me be happy for you.”

Lin Chengfeng, “………”

Lu Yuezhi and Lin Chengfeng were about the same age. Compared to those which are hundreds of years apart, the age difference between the two of them was less than fifty years. Lin Chengfeng turned his head to glance at him and suddenly asked, “Can a Yin spiritual root affect a person’s character?”

Lu Yuezhi rubbed his chin, “Hmm….It’s hard to say.”

“If I say it does, living beings in this world are everchanging and each of them are different and their personalities are also very different, but if I say that it doesn’t, it is known that those with wood spiritual roots are naturally fonder of nature and that water spiritual roots feel more relaxed around rivers, lakes and seas. Spiritual roots cannot affect a person’s character, but it can affect a person’s preferences. As long as we have not ascended, us humans are still ordinary people trapped in the cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death.”

Lu Yuezhi looked away from the starry sky and looked at Lin Chengfeng. His expression was indecipherable, “Rather than affecting a person’s character, spiritual roots affect their desires more. If the things they want changes, their personalities would naturally change accordingly, don’t you think, eldest senior brother?”

Lin Chengfeng lowered his eyes and looked down in silence.

“Then, what is a Yin spiritual root’s preference?”

 Lin Chengfeng’s voice was very soft, almost to the point where it was inaudible. Lu Yuezhi however was sitting next to him and their level of cultivation was similar. Hearing this question, Lu Yuezhi was slightly surprised, “Yin spiritual root? Are you talking about youngest junior brother, or…….”

“The both of them.”

Lu Yuezhi was stunned. After a short pause, he shook his head, “I don’t know.”

And he wouldn’t be able to find out either.

One had already passed away and the other was still clueless. There were too few examples so no one knew what kind of talent the Yin spiritual root can bring about and what kind of fate it would bring to their master.

But there was one thing he could be certain of.

Lu Yuzhi stood up and looked down at the eldest senior brother who was both like a father and like a brother to him. The smile on his lips gradually faded, “Stay away from him. It’ll be good for both you and him.”

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