Chapter 10

---Kunlun Mountain---

"Why are you still so strong? You should have lost your spiritual energy." Ju Hua said angrily. Qi Yize smiled faintly. "You underestimate the demons who live longer than you. I can live so long because I am capable. Do you know? You melted someone else's inner core and made it yours, but it made you weaker." Qi Yize said smiling faintly.

"Impossible, the ancient book wrote that this technique would make the demon strong." Ju Hua's words were not accepted. "All your troops are gone. Died and fled. Do you still think you are strong?" Qi Yize asked flatly.

"I will kill you!" Ju Hua said attacking Qi Yize. Qi Yize did not dodge and Ju Hua's hand pierced Qi Yize's heart. "See, you are so weak." Ju Hua said laughing. Qi Yize's mouth was bleeding but Qi Yize smiled sweetly.

Ju Hua's face changed and immediately pulled his hand out. Ju Hua immediately retreated away from Qi Yize. "What are you doing?! What trick are you using?!" Ju Hua said suspiciously. Meanwhile, just as Ju Hua's hand pierced Qi Yize's heart. Zhu Yan, Zhou Yichen and Li Lun exited the portal. The three were shocked to see that Qi Yize's heart was pierced by Ju Hua's hand.

Li Lun immediately ran towards Qi Yize and held Qi Yize's back. Zhou Yichen pulled out the Yunguang sword and Zhu Yan pulled out the Yueguang sword, they then attacked Ju Hua brutally. "What are you doing here? Help them both." Qi Yize said looking at Li Lun with a small smile.

"You're already injured like this. I'll ..." Li Lun's words were cut off and Li Lun's hand was held tightly by Qi Yize. "My body will reject your spiritual energy. Help them both. I just need to meditate and I'll get better." Qi Yize said smiling sweetly. Li Lun nodded before helping Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen to attack Ju Hua. Qi Yize sat on the ground and formed a seal with his hands.

@Kun Lun Mountain temple

Mountain God Lu Wu and Lord Bai Yan stared at the sky in shock. "No!" Mu Yuqi shouted in frustration. "What's wrong?" Wen Xiao asked in confusion. "Heart Chain, this is the highest sealing technique of the Qilin Clan. But after using this technique, the user of this technique will die." Lu Ming explained sadly. Wen Xiao was shocked.

"I hope you don't disturb him." Lord Bai Yan said looking at Mu Yuqi who seemed to be about to break through the barrier. "If he continues, he will die. I just want to help him." Mu Yuqi protested angrily. Wen Xiao nodded in agreement.

"If you do it, he will die faster. Once the seal is formed, he must not stop. If you stop him, the technique will backfire and attack him. Not only can't stop Ju Hua, but all humans and demons will die at Ju Hua's hands. Are you able to bear this sin?" Lu Ming said coldly. Wen Xiao and Mu Yuqi were silent.

They clearly knew Ju Hua was dangerous, but they didn't want Qi Yize to die because of this. "He knows what he's doing." Mountain God Lu Wu said. Although Mountain God Lu Wu was sad, he respected Qi Yize's decision. This was the answer Qi Yize gave to everyone.

@in front of the Kun Lun gate

A seal descended from the sky. The seal had no effect on Li Lun, Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen but only on Ju Hua. Chains came out of the seal and restrained Ju Hua's movements. "Coward!" Ju Hua shouted in disapproval. "Zhu Yan, now." Qi Yize said. Zhu Yan seemed to understand and moved away before making a complicated seal with his hands. Li Lun and Zhou Yichen retreated.

A ball of fire fell on Ju Hua. Ju Hua screamed in pain. Suddenly someone appeared and was about to attack Zhu Yan but Li Lun stopped the person. Li Lun managed to push the person back before staring at the person in shock.

The person was Lu Yu. "Li Lun, no matter what you see? Kill." Qi Yize said flatly. "But he..." Li Lun's words were cut off. "This is an order." Qi Yize said firmly. "I understand." Li Lun said attacking Lu Yu. A fierce battle between Lu Yu and Li Lun was inevitable.

"Zhou Yichen, get ready." Qi Yize said. "I understand." Zhou Yichen said concentrating. "Zhu Yan, that sealing technique." Qi Yize said. Zhu Yan pulled out the Yueguang sword making it into nine before attacking Ju Hua.

Ju Hua used her tail to fight but the sword stuck into her tail instead. The Yueguang Sword sealed Ju Hua's power. "Nine Blossom" Ju Hua said angrily. Zhou Yichen attacked with his technique. "If you use Rebirth on me then Qi Yize will die too." Ju Hua said. Zhou Yichen pulled back his sword. "What do you mean?" Zhou Yichen asked suspiciously.

"Don't you know the technique he's using now is connected to me? If I die then he will die too." Ju Hua said mockingly while enduring the pain. "Don't listen to her nonsense! Back then because of her sweet talk, Shifu was badly injured." Li Lun said still busy fighting.

"Xiao Zhou, if you don't kill her then Qi Yize will die." Zhu Yan said holding Ju Hua's fox tail which was turning to fight. "Zhou Yichen!" Qi Yize shouted angrily. "He won't sacrifice you." Ju Hua said mockingly. Zhou Yichen closed his eyes before opening them again. This time Zhou Yichen didn't hesitate and stabbed right through Ju Hua's heart.

A heartbreaking scream was heard from Ju Hua's mouth before Ju Hua slowly turned to dust. Lu Yu also turned to dust. Qi Yize stood up but almost fell. Li Lun's roots kept Qi Yize from falling to the ground.

While Zhou Yichen almost fell too but was held by Zhu Yan. "Elder Zhu has warned you. You still stop Rebirth in the middle. Are you tired of living?" Zhu Yan grumbled in annoyance.

Zhou Yichen smiled before passing out. Zhu Yan lifted Zhou Yichen's body and carried him into the Kunlun Temple. The shield had been removed. Qi Yize held his heart area and healed the wound in an instant.

Li Lun immediately approached Qi Yize. "Are you okay?" Li Lun asked worriedly. Qi Yize nodded and showed the healed wound area. Li Lun smiled faintly. "You should smile more. So the girls will like you more." Qi Yize said teasingly. "Shifu, I'll help you inside." Li Lun said crouching in front of Qi Yize.

Qi Yize climbed onto Li Lun's back. The two of them went inside. Lord Bai Yan checked Zhou Yichen's condition. "He'll be fine. He's just tired." Lord Bai Yan said. "Thank you." Zhu Yan said smiling.

"Are you okay?" Wen Xiao asked worriedly looking at Zhu Yan. "I'm fine." Zhu Yan said smiling. Lord Bai Yan looked at Qi Yize who was smiling. Li Lun put Qi Yize down. Lord Bai Yan checked Qi Yize's condition and fell silent. Qi Yize smiled faintly. "He's fine. He just needs to rest." Lord Bai Yan said. Qi Yize smiled sweetly.

#nighttime

Night fell quickly. Wen Xiao had already written a message to Pei Sijing that the crisis was over. But Wen Xiao was worried that her message would not get through so Li Lun was sent by Qi Yize to take Wen Xiao to Tiandu.

Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan needed to rest. After all, both of them had their own injuries? Not light injuries. They both secretly drank medicine made by Elder Li. The medicine could make the patient look healthier but after the effect wore off, the previous injuries would be worse.

"Drink it." Qi Yize said annoyedly looking at Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen. Both of them obeyed and drank the medicine Qi Yize brought. Their wounds healed instantly. "Here," Zhu Yan said in surprise. Qi Yize took out 4 more bottles. "Keep these well." Qi Yize said putting them on the table.

"You look like someone who is about to leave." Zhu Yan said smiling. "Shut your mouth." Qi Yize said annoyedly. "I need to talk to my brother-in-law." Mu Yuqi said coming in. Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen took two bottles of medicine each before leaving.

Mu Yuqi handed Qi Yize a box. Qi Yize opened it and found that it contained a seal that restrained Qi Yize. "What do you want to do?" Qi Yize asked angrily. "I want to help you. If I don't, you will die." Mu Yuqi said making complicated seals on her hands before placing them on Qi Yize's chest.

Qi Yize's screams of pain echoed. Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan were shocked to hear it. Lord Bai Yan and Mountain God Lu Wu as well as Lu Ming were shocked. The five of them immediately went towards the screams.

"You're crazy! Elder Mu has already told you. Why are you still stubborn?!" Qi Yize said in between angry pain. "Not necessarily, you will become a monster." Mu Yuqi said stubbornly. Qi Yize used his full strength to break the seal and push Mu Yuqi back.

Mu Yuqi vomited fresh blood from her mouth. Qi Yize made a complicated seal before waving his hand. Mu Yuqi was sent into the portal as Zhu Yan, Zhou Yichen, Lu Ming, Lord Bai Yan and Mountain God Lu Wu arrived.

Qi Yize fell to the ground in pain. Qi Yize's eyes turned red. Qi Yize looked at Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen who came. "Zhu Yan, now." Qi Yize said with difficulty.

Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen were shocked. "Quick! Before I kill everyone!" Qi Yize said angrily. Zhu Yan pulled out the Yueguang Sword and performed the Nine Blossom technique. The Nine Blossoms stuck into the ground and chains came out of the Yueguang Sword to restrain Qi Yize's rampaging body.

Qi Yize lost control of his body. Zhou Yichen pulled out the Yunguang sword and performed the Rebirth technique on Qi Yize. The Yunguang sword pierced Qi Yize's heart. At that moment, Li Lun and Wen Xiao returned.

Li Lun immediately attacked Zhou Yichen but was stopped by Lu Ming. "What are you doing?" Wen Xiao asked angrily. "Calm yourselves." Lu Ming said flatly. Zhou Yichen pulled out his sword. The Yueguang Sword returned to Zhu Yan.

"How can we be calm? You killed Qi Yize." Wen Xiao said angrily. "They stopped Qi Yize who was about to go berserk. To be clear, we better wait for him to wake up." Lord Bai Yan said confusedly.

Li Lun put away his sword and looked suspiciously at Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan. "He won't wake up anytime soon. I will explain this. This is all my daughter's fault." Elder Mu said coldly. Zhu Yan, Zhou Yichen and Li Lun were shocked to see Elder Mu. "Long time no see." Elder Mu said looking at Lord Bai Yan and Mountain God Lu Wu. Both of them nodded.

Elder Mu then explained about his daughter who wanted to use his clan's forbidden technique to save Qi Yize. Elder Mu told his daughter not to do it after being warned by the frozen lake guard. But his daughter didn't listen and did it anyway so Qi Yize sent his daughter to Light Island.

As punishment as long as Mu Yuqi is still alive, Mu Yuqi will be completely bound to Light Island. Mu Yuqi cannot return to the Human realm or the Wilderness. She will stay on Light Island forever. Qi Yize lost control of himself and almost went berserk.

Luckily Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen acted quickly otherwise the Wilderness and the Human realm would be flooded with blood. Wen Xiao was shocked to hear this. Li Lun looked at Qi Yize who was lying still. "I have to go back." Elder Mu said. "I'll take you." Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen said in unison. Elder Mu smiled.

@outside the gate of Kun Lun Mountain

"How long will it take for him to wake up?" Zhu Yan asked seriously. "Possibly 50 years or 100 years. It depends on his endurance." Elder Mu said. "Isn't there any other way?" Zhou Yichen asked. "I know, you want to use your family technique on A Ze but when you do that. His soul will be completely destroyed. Because he forcibly broke the ancient seal, he used his own soul to fight. So in his body now there are only soul fragments not a complete soul anymore." Elder Mu explained.

Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan were shocked. "That's why I came to tell you. I know, I should have dragged my daughter back. Because of my delay, A Ze became like this." Elder Mu said sadly. Li Lun came out from hiding. "You are the teacher he respects the most. He probably doesn't want to see you sad. You have warned your daughter. She didn't listen so it's not your fault." Li Lun said at length.

Elder Mu smiled faintly before entering the portal to Light Island. "I didn't expect you to be so good at talking." Zhu Yan said smilingly. "I only said what Shifu would say if he woke up." Li Lun explained. The three of them fell silent.

"100 years will be very long." Zhou Yichen said. "Not longer than 1000 years. So it's okay." Zhu Yan said smilingly. Zhou Yichen smiled too. "What do you mean 1000 years?" Li Lun asked confusedly.

"Zhou Yuanzhou once promised Qi Yize to take care of Yue Shan for 1000 years." Zhou Yichen explained. "Him? Impossible. He is always in the human realm when he has time. He taking care of Yue Shan is just nonsense." Li Lun said flatly. "I can." Zhu Yan said in disbelief. With that Li Lun and Zhu Yan argued about taking care of Yue Shan. Zhou Yichen sighed and left the two of them who continued to argue.

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