Chapter 57 Peaceful life in the mortal world

 Chapter 57 Peaceful life in the mortal world

By Jiulu Feixiang,

Translated, Edited and Arranged by Angel Chua 10/11/2024

Shen Li hadn't recovered her vision for three days. It was fine when she was in prison before. She was just locked up. It didn't matter whether she could see or hear. But now she was in the outside world, a strange place. She urgently needed to understand the surrounding environment. Where was this place? Was it safe? How far was it from the Immortal Realm world? How far was it from the place where she escaped?

Most importantly, she wanted to know who saved her...

She had no magic power now, so she couldn't find out the depth of the other party. She could only get some scattered and superficial information through her occasionally unobstructed facial features. For example, the other party was a man, probably a fisherman. He didn't like to talk. In the past three days, even when her hearing was restored, she didn't hear him say anything. From her current feeling, this person should be harmless, but Shen Li was still a little wary of someone she hadn't met yet. What puzzled Shen Li the most was-why did he save her?

Not seeking money or sex, and giving without calculation, was the most suspicious thing in Shen Li's eyes now.

There were footsteps outside. Shen Li opened her eyes, but it was still pitch black in front of her. The black iron on her hands and feet made her unable to move. She was now a disabled person and could only lie in bed and be served by others. This made her feel extremely depressed. She even thought that when she left, she would kill the fisherman and never let anyone else know about this.

There was a subtle sound. The man moved very lightly, not like those rude mountain men. Shen Li smelled the smell of food, it should be time to eat: "I don't know if it's noon or evening..." She muttered unconsciously, and didn't intend to let anyone answer, but the sound of tinkering over there paused, and a slightly hoarse male voice said: "Noon."

This voice was so unfamiliar that Shen Li was stunned for a moment. It happened that today she could speak and hear, so she continued to ask: "Where is this?"

"The seaside." He paused and added a few more words, "On the edge of the East China Sea."

Mofang actually sent her to the edge of the East China Sea. Could he be hoping that someone could pick her up... Mofang and she knew the style of the Immortal Realm clan. Once something was confirmed, they would no longer have any unrealistic fantasies. She had been missing for so long, the Immortal Realm king must have thought she was dead, so why would he send someone to look for her? As for the heaven... I guess no one would come to look for her. Shen Li couldn't help but think of behavior.

Although she seemed to get hurt every time she fought after meeting Xingzhi, Xingzhi saved her life every time, and this time...

A spoonful of rice soup was placed at the corner of Shen Li's mouth. It tasted fragrant, and Shen Li suddenly felt extremely hungry. She felt that although this soup was not as good as Xingzhi's, it was quite good for a mortal to make it like this. She moved her fingers and said, "I can do it myself." But as soon as she moved her shoulders and was about to get up, her body spasmed, and her limbs pulled her back to the stone bed like stones, making her unable to move. She didn't feel any pain today, only a feeling of weakness and decadence rose from the bottom of her heart.

Bi Cang Wang Shen Li... When has he ever been so embarrassed.

With a sigh, the fisherman fed the rice soup into her mouth without saying anything else.

Shen Li quietly drank the rice soup fed by the fisherman. After a bowl, the other party asked, "Do you want to eat more?"

Shen Li was silent for a long time, and answered the question irrelevantly: "These four black irons are made of inside and outside, and the black iron outside wraps the iron core inside. At that time, they first pierced the bones and flesh with the inner iron core, and then screwed the outer black iron on, tightened the two, and put an iron chain at each end, so that I couldn't break free." Her tone was indifferent, and her voice was almost unchanged. She spoke as if the person who was pierced through the bones was not herself. "The turbulence of the escape in the past few days has loosened the knob. I want you to help me unscrew these four black irons. The scene may be a little ugly, but if it succeeds, this king is willing to fulfill your wish as a reward."

The other party did not respond for a long time. Shen Li could not see the other party's expression in the dark, and did not know how the other party would answer, so she felt that the time was waiting longer.

"Okay." He responded with a short word, but it seemed that he had made a greater determination than her.

"If so, while I can't feel the pain today, you can help me twist it."

The fisherman packed up other things, put a basin of hot water next to Shen Li's bed, and then put his hand on her wrist. Shen Li smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so meticulous. Do you have the idea of practicing Taoism? If you want to become an immortal, I can find some ways for you after my injury heals."

The other party chuckled, "But I think the immortal path is not as comfortable as it is now."

Shen Li seemed to have some feelings: "The immortals are very comfortable, and the most uncomfortable person in the heavens... I'm afraid it's just that person..."

The fingertips on Shen Li's wrist trembled slightly, and the man didn't say anything. He held the protruding black iron at both ends of Shen Li's wrist and tried to twist it. The knob was indeed loose. If he applied a little more force, even a mortal should be able to twist it easily.

The two times the fisherman fiddled with it made Shen Li sweat on her forehead. She closed her eyes and adjusted her breath: "As soon as possible." She didn't feel any pain, but her body had a limit.

The other party used force to loosen the black iron and the iron core. A few drops of blood oozed from Shen Li's pale wrists, as if her blood was about to dry up. If she took this thing later, she might not be able to use her hands and feet anymore.

The black iron on one wrist was pulled out and smashed heavily on the ground. The black iron seemed to be extremely hot. There was only a slight "chi" sound when it fell to the ground, and white steam rose, and then it quickly cooled down. The man seemed to have no feeling at all, and continued to unscrew the black iron on Shen Li's other wrist with his bare hands.

However, Shen Li was convulsing all over at this time, so she had no time to pay attention to these details.

She only felt that the blood in her body was flowing very fast, her heartbeat was so fast that it seemed to explode, her lungs were extremely difficult to breathe, and her brain gradually became chaotic, adding many messy pictures to the already dark world.

She seemed to see the Immortal Realm Lord teaching her spearmanship and magic when she was very young, and there was an eye next to them looking at them grimly. Shen Li felt inexplicably flustered. She took two steps back and had the urge to turn around and run.

However, when she turned her head, she saw Mofang standing behind her, looking at her coldly. Behind Mofang, the one-eyed ghost was floating there, looking at her coldly with Mofang. However, since when, Mofang's eyes gradually became different from the beginning, but the light in that eye became colder and colder. Shen Li's heart tightened, and she turned and ran in another direction.

The road ahead seemed to have no end, but endless darkness. Behind her, a strange laugh kept coming, as if to force her into a desperate situation. Shen Li was running so fast that she was almost out of breath. She simply stopped and waved her hand, trying to grab the silver spear to fight the newcomer. However, she heard two "clicks" and two broken spears fell in front of her. Shen Li was stunned.

The laughter behind her was getting closer and closer. Shen Li gritted her teeth and turned around to see who the monster was. But the laughter stopped suddenly, and the surrounding atmosphere became quiet. It seemed that in an instant, there was nothing. However, there was a thin crack in front of her, and the wind blew gently from it. Shen Li slowly raised her head and found that this was the gate of Xu Tianyuan.

It was the same as what she saw when she went to Xu Tianyuan alone that night. There was no miasma seeping out, only a thin crack. Suddenly, the one-eye in the crack suddenly floated over and stared at Shen Li with a cold look. Shen Li gasped in horror. "I must kill the gods..."

He said grimly: "I will kill God! I will kill God!" The voice became louder and louder, making Shen Li feel uneasy: "Shut up." She squeezed out two words uncomfortably, but saw black miasma leaking out from the gap of the door of Xutianyuan. Shen Li was forced to retreat by the miasma.

The voice became louder and louder. Shen Li shouted: "Shut up!" Her eyes turned red, and red flames rose from her body, as if to burn everything.

"Shen Li." A slightly cold call came from the other side.

She looked to the side with red eyes. It was still the small courtyard under the grape vine. The man in green clothes and white clothes was lying on a bamboo rocking chair and stretched out his hand to her, "Come, bask in the sun." He said it so lightly, as if he didn't see the chaos on her side.

Shen Li stared at him blankly, then turned her head to look at the flames around her body. She shook her head: "I won't go over, I will hurt you."

The smile on the other side's face did not diminish, but he really withdrew his hand.

Shen Li lowered her head quietly.

In the midst of the burning red flames, she suddenly felt a hint of coolness covering her whole body. She looked up in a daze, but the man had changed into a white dress and walked up to her, then smiled and hugged her in his arms. He gently patted her back and comforted her like comforting a child: "I'm very strong, it's okay."

The redness in Shen Li's eyes slowly faded. She knew that she should leave this embrace. Her responsibilities and his responsibilities forced the two of them to drift apart, but... May God be merciful and forgive her for being unable to break free and not caring at this moment.

Let her... finish this dream.

She relaxed her body and let Xingzhi hold her. In this empty darkness, she seemed to melt into his body...

She opened her eyes, the sunlight was a little dazzling, Shen Li saw a man sitting on a chair next to the table, he was sleeping soundly with one hand supporting his head, the wide white robe dragged on the ground, the green jade hairpin loosely tied a few strands of black hair, the loose hair covered half of his cheeks, in the backlight, he was incredibly beautiful.

Which...fisherman...can look so horribly good-looking...

Shen Li's heart moved, and she didn't know what expression she should make for a moment. After a long period of daze, she actually grinned silently:

Xingzhi, Xingzhi, I was really picked up by you again. God is really unkind, and he allowed us to have such a bad fate!

The black iron on his limbs has been taken out, and the wounds are wrapped in white cloth strips. It is not the cloth of the human world. It seems that this cloth must have been torn from him. The wounds on his limbs all feel cool, and they have been treated by him.

Shen Li turned her head, closed her eyes, and stopped looking at Xingzhi. How could she not know what Xingzhi was thinking? He was sure that if Shen Li knew that he was the one taking care of her, she would definitely ask to leave immediately. Just like the day when he opened his hand.

They are so clear about each other's responsibilities, and they can guess what choice the other party will make.

But...Xingzhi never thought that the Lord Bicang Shen Li was not a heartless person. She...would also be weak and want to indulge in warmth.

Shen Li didn't open her eyes, just pretending that she didn't see such behavior, just pretending that her dream was still going on, just pretending that God was merciful and forgave her for letting go of her responsibilities at this moment.

Could it be possible that before the injury healed, Lord BiCang was no longer Lord BiCang? She was willing to just be a Shen Li, picked up from the beach by a hoarse and taciturn fisherman and brought home, and then live a peaceful life in the mortal world.

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