Chapter 1021: Blinded
At the Sword Tomb Peak...
On the quiet mountain filled with scattered countless ownerless swords, the sound of someone’s screams startled even the sword spirit sleeping on the mountain. Unexpectedly, the one who had shouted just now was the chief disciple of the Sword God Jing Wang, Hua Meili. She was careless and unguardedly took a glimpse at the higher tier sword intent and was almost exterminated by it. If not for Sword God Jing God, she would have crooked on the spot.
Sword God Jing Wang who was observing his stupid and arrogant disciple suffering from the backlash had immediately woke her up before she got her soul exterminated.
Gasp!
"Shizun! I almost died! Boohoo~" Hua Meili said as she hugged the legs of her master while wailing so loudly.
Snot and tears strolling down on her face, destroying her arrogant version a few minutes ago. She even coughs blood while crying like a pig about to be slaughtered. The Sword God Jing Wang had to remove the sword intent that entered her eyes which was blinded by it. Unfortunately, a third level sword intent is beyond his control and can barely be suppressed by him. He shouldn’t have allowed this stubborn brat to take the toy sword. Now she had to suffer for her carelessness.
Hua Meili was still crying blood and said, "Shizun, my eyes. What am I going to do with my eyes!? Wuaaa~ I don’t want to become blind!"
"You careless brat! Who told you to take something not yours. Now you have to suffer the consequences. Later after dinner come with me to the Yuaguang Peak. We can only beg the Holy Saintess to cure your eyes," Sword God Jing Wang said.
Hua Meili said, "Can it truly be cured?"
"If even the Holy Saintess can’t heal you then there is no one else in this world who can," said the Sword God Jing Wang. "Stay in your room to rest. We will leave after the sun has set. Eat some healing pills to ease the pain."
"Y-Yes, Shizun. Sniff~" said Hua Meili.
As for the Sword God Jing Wang, he took away the wooden toy sword from the Holy Saint and placed it in some altar where everyone can see it from a distance but not approach. They can try peering into the hidden sword intent within it, and as long as they aren’t close enough, they wouldn’t suffer as much as his stupid chief disciple. He also placed another array that prevents people from taking it away or even touching it. This is a treasure that can help him gain some insight on sword intent and upgrade his own. He is still a first level of Sword Intent which is condensation. Centuries had passed but he still couldn’t break through to the next level and was about to give up and accept his fate. Who would have thought that the Black Cloud Academy’s Holy Saint to be a sword cultivator stronger than himself and someone who had reached third level sword intent which is called sword mind.
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Before dinner, Yue Xuexia, who didn’t expect guests to gather in her place, was now fully rested after using up most of her energy with the Alchemy Battle that took place in the morning and midday. She was not shocked to see Shen Jueyang staying in her room watching over her. Just for that one moment of allowing him to kiss her was like a permission that she, Yue Xuexia, allows this man named Shen Jueyang to enter her private space. Even though her heart couldn’t accept this man, she isn’t stupid or naive enough to believe that the action Shen Jueyang had taken were all innocent moves. Moreover, it’s rude to make a person who was courting you for years to be treated merely as a tool. She didn’t dislike him enough to treat Shen Jueyang in that way.
To her Shen Jueyang is someone like family yet not at the same time. After all, a family will not ask for such close intimacy from her. Though she cannot accept his love, she was willing to accept this person called Shen Jueyang in her life. As for the feelings of love and all, she can just worry about it when the time comes and she can already understand it. It might happen in the future, what the future unfolds was something beyond her control. At least for now she knows to herself that she didn’t want to reject Shen Jueyang’s request.
Shen Jueyang upon noticing her awake, approached the bed holding a glass of water he had poured himself and passed them to Yue Xuexia.
"Here, have a drink," said the Immortal Sun Emperor.
The Moon Goddess accepted it and slowly drank the water to clear her thoughts. She yawned and asked, "Jueyang, what time is it?"
"Almost time for dinner. Your aides are here and also some guests from the Sword Tomb Peak," said Shen Juyang.
Yue Xuexia looked a bit confused, maybe some lingering traces of sleepiness made her a bit powerless as she leaned on Shen Jueyang.
She asked, "Sword Tomb Peak? Why are they here? Is Bingyu and Renxue done with their training to be able to come and visit? Well, let’s go see them."
After changing her clothing, she had gone down from the upper floor with the Immortal Sun Emperor and met with the guests from the Sword Tomb Peak. Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue upon seeing her had immediately stood up and clasped their hands together politely greeting their mistress with the rest of the Tan family members.
"We greet the Mistress! (Holy Saintess!)"
The Goddess of the moon gestured for them to stop and let them sit back down to their seats. Yue Xuexia only needed to glance around the room and look at everyone in it to notice all the changes that took place while she had taken her nap. She had only taken a nap for a few hours then not only Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue had appeared, there were also some guests from the Sword Tomb Peak.
"It’s alright. No need to be formal. Be at ease," said Yue Xuexia.
The Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor sat together, this is not with a polite distance but with Shen Jueyang’s arms around Yue Xuexia’s waist and the Goddess of the moon didn’t mind it at all. Everyone had noticed this change. They were only stunned for a moment but turned natural as before.
Yue Xuexia asked, "Elder Jing Wang, is there something I can help you with?"
"Xiao Xue, please forgive this old man for coming here. There is something I would like to ask your help with," said Sword God Jing Wang as he supported his chief disciple whose eyes are now covered with a blind fold with the same shade as her crimson robes.
Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue were stunned when they saw their Shijie (Senior Sister) current state. After all, when they had left before she was still normal, how come just a few hours later, she would become like this.
Tan Bingyu checked on Hua Meili’s pulse and immediately took her finger off and the tip of her fingers were bleeding. A small cut appeared in her finger. If Xue Renxue didn’t pull her away from Hua Meili, a small finger cut will not be the end.
Xue Renxue said, "Be careful, Bing’er! What is this? Sword Intent!?"
Upon seeing the Sword Intent, Yue Xuexia slightly frowned and then turned her head to look at Shen Jueyang with a reprimanding look. There is no way she wouldn’t recognize that this is the Immortal Sun Emperor’s sword intent, that blackish red sword intent was something only Shen Jueyang possessed.
The Immortal Sun Emperor looked a bit disturbed and said, "Xue’er, don’t look at me like that. I am not that bored to harm someone I’ve only met today."
"Holy Saintess, this is not the Holy Saint’s fault. This is this disciple’s fault for being arrogant. The Holy Saint had sent a visiting gift to my Master. I had carelessly touched it and was harmed by the sword intent on it. Everything is my fault." Hua Meili said. She touched around almost turning everything on the table before finally kneeling in front of the Holy Saintess. "Holy Saintess, please help me. I do not want to become blind."
"Jueyang, remove the Sword Intent on her," said Yue Xuexia.
Shen Jueyang murmurs, "It wasn’t even my fault." While complaining he was removing the lingering Sword Intent in Hua Meili’s eyes.
Afterwards, the Moon Goddess waves her hand and a golden silver light falls on Hua Meili and Tan Bingyu curing every physical injury on them. It didn’t take awhile for all their injuries to disappear. Hua Meili was instantly delighted after regaining her ability to see again.
"Thank you, Holy Saintess!" Hua Meili said in happiness of regaining her sight.