Ranran looked at his chilling gaze, feeling an indescribable bitter taste in her heart. He had forgotten everything, and now he was staring at her as if she were his enemy. He was probably about to break her neck in the next moment?
It's just as well. She now needed more and more true qi to be replenished, and if Su Yi Shui continued to transfer vitality qi to herself, he would eventually become as emaciated as those boys adopted by Mu Ranwu.
Thinking of this, Ranran didn't even want to evade. She just closed her eyes calmly, as if ready to be slaughtered.
On the other hand, Wei Jiu was ready to act. He was waiting for Su Yi Shui to show murderous intent, so he could rush forward and play the hero to save the beauty.
Although it was Wei Jiu who incited this disciple-master conflict, as long as Xue Ranran wasn't foolish, she would naturally see who was the one who would protect her at crucial moments.
That Su Yi Shui was just an untamable white-eyed wolf! He just couldn't remember some memories and he was ready to kill Xue Ranran, how genuine could such love be? It's chilling just to think about it.
Mu Ranwu also smiled coldly and waited to watch the drama of the disciple who kills his master in two lifetimes unfold.
Wei Jiu really did have some tricks up his sleeve. He actually manipulated Elder Jiu to do such things. If her sister died at the hands of Su Yi Shui, that would be the best outcome.
She looked at Xue Ranran with a complicated expression, thinking to herself, "Sister, you can't blame me for this. If anyone's to blame, it's yourself for loving the wrong person…"
On the side, Yutong and Yuchen had faces full of shock.
When Yuchen came to his senses, he immediately glared at Ranran and said, "You witch, what did you intend to do to the master?"
Bai Baishan and Gao Cang hurriedly restrained the agitated Senior Uncle master, and Qiu Xier also blocked and said, "What can she do? Of course, it's doing meal preparations. Isn't it always you, Senior Uncle master, who eats the most?"
Hearing this, Yu Chen's glaring eyes narrowed slightly, feeling a bit speechless for a moment, after all, *since he had always enjoyed her food, he really had no place to criticize her too harshly .
*拿人的手短,吃人的嘴短
拿了别人的好处,就会刻意礼让三分,即使人家有缺点或者错误也就不敢说,不敢管了
But after hearing Wei Jiu's words, Yu Tong suddenly figured everything out.
Why did the Master, who had been depressed for more than twenty years after Mu Qingge's death, seemed to come alive again after taking in Ranran…
It turned out that Master had been waiting for Mu Qingge to be reborn all along. In his heart…
Thinking of this, Yu Tong disregarded her previous prejudices against Mu Qingge and hurriedly stepped forward to block Su Yi Shui and said anxiously, "Master, you mustn't! This Ranran, you… you dote on her the most!"
At this moment, Mu Ranwu began to add firewood to the fire, saying calmly, "Yes, if sister schemes carefully, being humble and pleasing to others, that's what people like the most. Back then, my master also cared for her like Su Yi Shui does now! When my sister was the master, she was respected by Su Yi Shui, and now that she's the disciple, she still receives his affection. It's truly enviable!"
What looked like words of envy were actually goading him to action.
Unfortunately, it would have been better if she had kept quiet. Just as she finished speaking, Su Yi Shui's cold and stern gaze shot straight towards her.
Mu Ranwu was very afraid of him right now, so when she felt his gaze, she involuntarily stepped back several steps.
Su Yi Shui withdrew his gaze and looked down at the tightly closed eyes of the young girl before him. Her closed eyes seemed quite peaceful, with calm acceptance, like she was seeking death… If she really was Mu Qingge… how could he let her die so easily?
For a moment, Su Yi Shui weighed the pros and cons and suppressed the rage in his heart.
That woman by the side adding fuel to the fire, had no good intentions. Even if he was enraged, Su Yi Shui was not about to do something stupid.
Since she had chosen to be under Xishan in this life, to be his disciple, it was his own business how he disciplined her behind closed doors. He didn't need people nearby to gloat over the spectacle.
After his anger churned within for a while, he took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed it. After a moment of silence, he then spoke coldly, "What are you all standing around for? Hurry up and use the compass to search!"
Wei Jiu had exposed Xue Ranran's disguise with the intention of breaking the relationship between this master and disciple of two lifetimes. If Su Yi Shui injured Mu Qingge and put an end to their affection, he really wouldn't mind undoing the talisman for Su Yi Shui. Then, Su Yi Shui would surely regret it, which would be quite a sight!
But he never expected that after the earth-shattering revelation, Su Yi Shui's expression only changed a few times and then he acted as if he wanted to keep the peace.
After this bombshell dropped, all the splash landed solely on Wei Jiu's face, like he was the only one who cared!
So he was somewhat incredulous and asked Su Yi Shui with a long face, "What's this? Did you know all along?"
Had Su Yi Shui already discovered Xue Ranran's true identity long ago, so he treated it so casually and unconcernedly?
He wanted to say more, but Ranran swept past him with a flick of her sleeve, saying, "Get out of the way, a good dog doesn't block the road!" Then, with her small face, she coldly took the compass and walked forward on her own.
Wei Jiu was almost amused, Xue Ranran, you dare to call me a dog? Just wait and see if I will let you leave Red Flame Mountain alive!
Right now, he still needed to use these people. Since his instigation failed, he snorted coldly and flew back onto the cliff, continuing to leisurely drink his iced wine.
However, the younger generation of West Mountain lacked the will power of their master and had *completely erupted in an uproar.
*炸锅 突然发生吵闹
After sorting out the relationships (chart lol), Qiu Xier slowly sidled up to Ranran and whispered, "Ranran, should I call you junior sister or grandmaster?"
Ranran sighed, "Ancestor, don't cause trouble. Hurry up and search. The temperature will rise soon, and we won't be able to bear it…"
The back mountains of Red Flame Mountain was where the Dun tian once refined the Demon King. As long as the Demon King's bones didn't dissolve, his spirit wouldn't die. Therefore, the true fire capable of refining his true form must be hidden here.
So, this place had the highest temperature in Red Flame Mountain.
Ranran carried Su Yi Shui's and her own water pouch with her, so she took one and handed it to the silent man beside her, "It's hot, drink some water to quench your thirst first…"
But when she reached out, he didn't even look at her, let alone reach out to take it.
Ranran resignedly took back the water pouch, deciding not to talk to Su Yi Shui for the time being.
She didn't think she had done anything wrong. In the first place, her reincarnation was all his doing. Now that he had forgotten everything, there was no reason for her to blame herself.
Thinking like this, Ranran calmed down and looked at the compass in her hand, wanting to find the Tempering Flame as soon as possible.
So she put away the water pouch and stayed away from Su Yi Shui.
But when Ranran withdrew the water pouch this way, Su Yi Shui felt even more disgruntled—no matter how cold he had been before, this little disciple had always stuck close around him, being loyal and filial.
Now that the truth has come out, she couldn't be bothered to pretend anymore and even avoided him as she walked…
Thinking of this, he coldly said, "Where's the water? Bring it here then!"
Ranran quickly glanced at him and passed him the water pouch, but when she reached out, he didn't take it, totally showing a fault-finding expression.
Suddenly, Su Yi Shui reached out to grab her, and took her away from the others with one flying leap. After passing several bare hills, they arrived at a mountain hollow.
He held her chin and pressed her against a bare rock wall, gritting his teeth, "You've been deceiving me for so long, Mu Qingge, you are really so capable!"
Seeing his outburst, Ranran actually felt a sense of relief. She just knew that this petty ferocious beast would not react lightly after learning the truth, how could he have been indifferent to it?
But seeing him accusing her, Ranran also felt angry. She forcefully pushed away his hand, "Who wanted to deceive you! If you undid the soul-cleansing talisman, you'll know, you were the one who was aware of everything from the beginning. As for me, I was clearly your mentor before, but you took me in as your disciple, isn't that messing up the order of things? When I found out who I was, I wasn't as mad as you are now!"
Su Yi Shui's was so angry his mouth twisted in a warped smile, "I would voluntarily take you in? You must have used some trickery, otherwise, how could I keep you by my side?"
Feeling resigned, Ranran didn't want to argue with a stubborn person. She could only say, "Fine, fine, fine, I pretended to be pitiful and deceived you, begging to be accepted as your disciple. After this is over, you can kick me out of West Mountain as you wish. We'll sever our master-disciple relationship."
Hearing Ranran say this, Su Yi Shui didn't even think, but intuitively blurted out, "You dare!"
Ranran felt rather helpless with his reaction. She forcefully squeezed the water pouch in her hand, taking a few big gulps, "Why wouldn't I dare? You've forgotten our past and only remember my faults. Just what did I do to you in the past? Didn't I raise you beautifully, providing you with food and clothing? As for the matters between us in this lifetime, it's me alone who remembers and it's quite vexing. When we meet Elder Jiu, there's no need to wait for him to undo the talisman on you. I'll ask him for another soul-cleansing talisman, to erase my memories about you. Then, you'll be a stranger, and I won't feel sad no matter how you treat me!"
As she said this, the rims of Ranran's eyes were red with tears, yet her expression was stubborn, making it impossible for people to… not feel heartache.
At first, Su Yi Shui was still fine, but when he heard her say, that she wanted to completely erase him from her memory, his heart felt like it was being squeezed fiercely again, making it painfully hard to breathe.
The after-effects of spending last night transferring vitality qi also surged up at this moment. Although Su Yi Shui looked fierce, his legs gave out again and he collapsed on Ranran.
He really never expected, that his demonic master in her past life didn't torment him to death, but now this reincarnated demonic master was about to cause him to die from anger.
Ranran also didn't expect that the tall man would just collapse so suddenly. She was so frightened that she hurriedly helped him up, while being afraid that Wei Jiu and the others might take advantage of the situation. She could only say in a small voice, "Shifu, Shifu, what's the matter with you?"
Su Yi Shui simply hadn't managed to sustain the flow of his vitality qi. After drinking the water Ranran fed him, he felt much better. He pushed away Ranran's soft hands trying to wipe the corners of his mouth, "Don't call me Shifu!"
Ranran paused for a moment and said in a small voice, "But I can't call you Shui'er either, so… how about calling you Mister Su in the future?"
"Mister Su" sounded proper, but this word inexplicably reminded Su Yi Shui, that he was now older than her. Calling him Mister Su was actually polite, even if she just called him *Uncle Su, it wouldn't be wrong either…
*伯伯 is Uncle that is older than her father
Su Yi Shui's heart became flustered again. Just what was the reason that made him revive this annoying person regardless of the consequences and keep her by his side, making him feel nauseated now and then?
If it weren't for the time they spent together lately, perhaps he could have just steeled his heart and killed this witch.
But even if he forgot the past completely, the memories of their time together recently were still there. And she had cast a spell on him, causing him to always follow her with his gaze, and if he didn't see her, he would feel dispirited all day.
Su Yi Shui didn't know what kind of curse Xue Ranran had placed on him, but if this curse wasn't lifted and she disappeared, wouldn't it make him feel even worse?
At this moment, Ranran spoke up again, "Um… Mister Su, it's getting late. Let's hurry and find the thing…"
But Su Yi Shui remained motionless, his gaze fixed on the cliff face behind Ranran.
The stone wall behind them, similar to burnt stone, originally had nothing unusual about it.
But when Ranran was pressed against the stone wall by Su Yi Shui just now, combined with the hot weather, her sweat seeped into the stone wall.
As a result, as Ranran stood up, a painting suddenly appeared on the stone wall. However, due to the intense heat, the watercolor pattern flashed and then disappeared suddenly.
Su Yi Shui took the water pouch from Ranran's hand and poured it onto the cliff wall. With the steam, a magnificent pattern appeared again.
This time Ranran could see clearly. It was a totem of a Vermilion Bird subduing a demon. With the appearance of the totem, the abdomens of two ghost-headed spiders grasped by the Vermilion Bird on the stone wall showed round holes.
An idea struck, and Ranran quickly took out the purple demon pills she had obtained from killing the ghost-headed spiders earlier. She embedded the two largest pills into the holes.
Upon placing them, everything fit perfectly. The entire totem, with the addition of the demon pills, became radiant, and the two spiders actually started moving. Breaking free from the Vermilion Bird's claws, they desperately crawled left and right with their spider silk, forcibly splitting open a crack in the stone wall.
As the crack opened, a wave of heat rushed out, and orange-red magma flowed out from the crevice.
Both of them retreated, but Ranran was a bit late, and the magma flowed to her feet…
"Be careful!" Su Yi Shui acted swiftly, immediately picking up the young girl in a horizontal carry and leaped to a higher place, avoiding the scorching magma.
But Ranran exclaimed in surprise, because even though she had touched the magma just now, she didn't feel any burning sensation on her feet.
She couldn't help but lift her foot while in Su Yi Shui's arms and found that the grass shoes on her feet had solidified into ice where they had touched the magma…
The strange situation here temporarily halted the falling out between the master and disciple. Ranran asked Mister Su to set her down, and then she tried touching the magma with the grass shoes on her feet. The shoes immediately turned into ice, completely isolating the heat from below, allowing her to walk on the magma.
Ranran was quite shocked and quickly took out the other pair of grass shoes given to her by the innkeeper from her bag. She carefully inspected them but found nothing unusual.
"Who is that old man? Did he foresee all of this and give me these shoes?" Ranran couldn't help muttering to herself.
Su Yishui took the pair of shoes from her hands, changed into them quickly, and said, "I'll go in and take a look. You stay out here and wait."
Ranran looked at him with mixed feelings. She knew very well that he wasn't afraid of her going in to snatch the Tempering Flame, but rather, he was afraid of her taking risks.
He had always been like this, although he spoke harshly, he always showed his care for her through actions…
"No, I want to go in with you. This is the north, which is my direction of wealth. There must be surprises and no dangers!"
After saying this, she directly went in by herself.
Su Yi Shui thought to himself, Why didn't I see through her earlier? Although her temperament in this life seems more respectful and gentle than in the past life, her stubbornness and willfully going her own way are exactly the same!
As they walked into the crack, the others behind them followed the sound of the wall cracking from earlier and found their way there.
When they saw the master and disciple walking on the magma, entering the crevice, Wei Jiu hurriedly flew over, chasing after them towards the crack in the wall.
However, the hot air from inside the crack was overwhelming. Even with his spiritual shield up, he could barely withstand it. When he flew above the magma, there was a gravitational force pulling him down.
Wei Jiu saw the two people walking on the magma and so tried to land, but the heat almost made him roar out his golden core out from his dantian.
This was too damned hot!
How did those two manage to withstand it? Had their cultivation already become so much higher than his?
Wei Jiu's feet were too scalded to touch the ground, so he quickly used his energy to leap backward and landed on the ground on his butt. The mighty demonic lord ended up sitting on the ground like a child denied candy, helplessly watching the two enter the crevice…
Even Wei Jiu couldn't enter, let alone the others. When the magma surged out, they could only step back, and wait for good news from the two who entered.
As for Ranran and Su Yi Shui, wearing ice grass shoes made the magma feel like flat ground. After entering the crevice, they discovered that it was a barrier enveloped by magma.
As they walked in, the magma surged and splattered, and above the magma hung half a skeleton.
The skeleton looked quite eerie. Although it had a human shape, it seemed much larger than an ordinary person, probably over ten meters tall if the person were still alive.
Underneath the skeleton was burning flames, and now the half skeleton only had the sternum and skull left.
As they entered, the brittle sternum suddenly turned into powder, leaving behind a huge golden skull with fiery flames burning in its empty eye sockets, glaring fiercely at the two intruders…
"Is this the skeleton of the Demon King? How many years have passed, and his bones still haven't been completely refined?" Ranran asked uncertainly.
Su Yi Shui mildly said, "The Demon King was the first generation of demons born in the Netherworld, with an indestructible body. That was why, Dun tian sought the true fire from the Heavenly Realm to refine his bones, preventing his rebirth. If it were ordinary true fire, even after ten thousand years, it wouldn't be able to refine his bones."
Ranran understood. She frowned and said, "The Demon King's skeleton is only left with the skull. If we take away the Tempering Flame now, won't his efforts be in vain?"
Su Yishui nodded slowly.
His trusted lieutenant Tu Jiuyuan was applying medicine to his feet.
This guy loved to show off and very proud. If he had stolen the skull, he would never let himself look like a fool in front of others.
The first person Su Yi Shui ruled out in his mind was Wei Jiu.
At that moment, Ranran channeled a message to him, "Mister Su, don't mention the matter of the Demon King's skull to these people."
Su Yi Shui, after hearing this, couldn't help but calmly swept a glance at Ranran.
As Ranran felt that those present at Red Flame Mountain were not really righteous, she felt that if they mentioned the skull incident, she could even guess what kind of nonsense these people would say with her eyes closed.
It would probably be something like, "As expected of the demon's son and the demon witch, and now they have colluded to release the first-generation demon."
After all, in her past life, they had accused her like this, slandering her when she was Mu Qingge, and pushing all the blame to her.
Since that's the case, one shouldn't be too honest! The matter of what demonic wind had taken away the skull of the Demon King must be investigated thoroughly, but it must not involve these people.
But Su Yi Shui probably thought the same as she did, so when everyone eagerly asked if he had found the Tempering Flame, he only took out the ice bead and said, "This should be it…"
The eyes of everyone immediately lit up and they surrounded him, but at that moment, numerous disciples of Crimson Gate Sect rushed out from all around the mountain hollow.
The elder of Feiyun Sect sternly hollered, "Wei Jiu, what are you trying to do?"
Wei Jiu sneered, "I've said it before, you can search around this Red Flame Mountain as you please. But if you want to find the Tempering Flame and take it away, it depends on whether you have the ability!"
Su Yi Shui said loudly, "The item is in my hands, and I have no intention of taking it away. Lord Wei, let's talk business!"
Wei Jiu chuckled darkly, "What business?"
"You can exchange one person for this Tempering Flame. After that, you can discuss with the elders of other sects how to subdue the demons in the world. What do you think?"