C1285 A Grudge

With a point of his finger, the past vanished into the clouds.

Although the things that Chen Qiling did were truly despicable, and he even plotted to tear down the inheritance of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, from start to finish, Lin Bai never had any intention of killing him. The reason was simple, because after this conversation, although Chen Qiling reprimanded Li Tianyuan incessantly, from start to finish, she had always called Li Tianyuan "Senior Brother".

Although these two words were simple, they still held some meaning. This meant that in Chen Qiling's heart, he had not completely abandoned the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Moreover, if he had truly ignored all these, he could have gone to find someone else to conspire with instead of choosing to work with Li Tian Yuan and Lin Bai. In this world, there was never a lack of ambitious people. He could have a lot of companions.

Furthermore, ever since the establishment of the Heavenly Sect, there had never been any incidents of fratricide. Li Tian Yuan did not want to make a move on Chen Qi Ling, and he also did not want to set a precedent for that. Since Li Tian Yuan wasn't willing to do it, Lin Bai naturally couldn't either. And the best way was to use this method to completely erase Chen Qi Ling's memories, allowing those deep secrets to be buried forever in the depths of his heart.

However, what Lin Bai did not expect was that after erasing the memories in Chen Qiling's mind, he would actually treat himself as Li Tianyuan. Also, from his dependent gaze, it could be seen that deep within Chen Qiling's heart, he didn't view Li Tianyuan as a fierce beast or a place of deep suffering like he said.

"Senior brother, who are they …" Following closely behind Lin Bai, Chen Qiling inched his way to the broken Taoist temple. He gripped the corner of Lin Bai's clothes tightly and looked timidly at Zhang Sanmeng and the few ladies as he spoke with some fear.

"Youngest junior brother, what is going on?" Although his personality had changed greatly, Chen Qiling's clothing did not change at all. That tone of voice and his appearance were completely out of place. Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Sanming could not help but furrow his brows, sweeping Chen Qiling with a look of disgust as he asked, "Why did you bring this old thing here?"

"He's crazy." Lin Bai replied in a faint voice before turning his head to Chen Qiling with a smile and said in a warm voice, "Martial Uncle, don't be afraid. They are just like me; they are your family and won't bully you."

"Mm …" "Yes!" Chen Qiling answered in a low voice, but his eyes were still filled with cowardice as he constantly glanced at Zhang Sanmang and the girls. His expression was as pitiful as if he was a little girl who had seen a stranger.

"This is too disgusting, who knows if this old thing is intentionally pretending to be crazy to fool us …" Even though his expression was quite pitiful, it was almost unbearable to look at with that face of his. Zhang SanKuang shook his head, walked up to Chen Qiling and patted his shoulder, then said with a smile, "Little Spirit, tell me, what dreams do you have?"

Immortal Ascension! I'm going to become an Immortal! I'm going to become a hero like Elder Brother! Upon hearing Zhang Sanmang's words, Chen Qiling's eyes immediately lit up. She stared straight at Lin Bai's back, pausing after each word with an incomparably solemn expression.

"Crazy, so it was f * cking crazy!" Hearing this, Zhang Sanmeng let out a sigh of relief, gently patting Chen Qiling on the shoulder and said with sorrow, "Martial Uncle, you should stay in the Taoist temple in the future. After a long time, you will become an immortal!"

"Immortal Ascension, Immortal Ascension …." Chen Qiling's eyes shined brightly as he passionately mumbled to himself.

Hearing his words, Lin Bai's heart inexplicably sank. He slowly turned around and stared into Chen Qiling's eyes. After staring for a long while, he lightly sighed. When Chen Qiling mentioned the word 'Immortal', his eyes would indeed burn with passion, but there would be a hint of confusion in them. Presumably, he was too obsessed with it in the past, even if his memories were sealed, but his obsession had yet to be resolved.

Immortal?! Thinking of this, even Lin Bai could not help but be a little absent-minded. Looking at himself, the things Chen Qiling had said before had truly moved him. He did not want his close friends to grow old, leaving him alone in this world. He also really wanted to see just what kind of beauty the people in that world possessed, and whether or not he could get a foothold in it!

However, he understood even more clearly that even if he had these selfish motives, he could not do such a thing. It wasn't that he couldn't bear the risk, but that he couldn't afford it in this world. No one knew what would happen when those people came over, or what would happen to the world.

If one wanted to protect something, they would have to lose something. This was an eternally immutable truth. Even if there were too many unwillingness to part, too many unwillingness, they could only brace themselves and drive them into the fray. They had to face all of this on their own.

"Youngest junior brother, how is this old thing insane?" "Where did you get him?" Noticing that Lin Bai was in a trance, Zhang SanKuang could not help muttering to himself, feeling that something had happened, he turned to Lin Bai and asked curiously.

"He's the one that got together with Jiang Jiang Jiang and the others to destroy the Taoist temple. I reckon that he was angered when we exposed that whole mess. However, this is also good. At least we can take care of the friendship between master and him. " Lin Bai smiled as he shook his head, "Find a place for him to settle down. No matter what, he's still our Martial Uncle."

"This old thing, I originally wanted to viciously beat him up again, but now, I really can't do it anymore." Zhang Sanmang let out an aged sigh, patted Chen Qiling on the shoulder and said dejectedly, "Martial Uncle, please come with me."

When Chen Qiling heard this, he did not move an inch. He only stared at Lin Bai timidly and waited until Lin Bai slowly nodded his head before he happily followed behind Zhang SanKuang into the temple. He looked no different from a child.

Seeing this, Lin Bai could not help but shake his head with a bitter smile. However, his eyes were filled with helplessness and sadness. The secrets that Chen Qiling had told him were too much of a burden. If he were to reveal it, who knew what kind of panic would occur? So on the way back to the monastery, he made up his mind to take responsibility for everything by himself and find a way to perfect the Eight Lock Dragon Bureau as soon as possible.

"Brat, what's wrong? Is there something on your mind?" As an experienced man, Lin Bai's little thoughts could be concealed from the other girls, making them think that he was feeling sad for Chen Qiling. However, it couldn't be hidden from Old Master Liu's eyes.

"I don't have anything on my mind. I was just looking at him and feeling a bit nostalgic." Lin Bai chuckled and fished out two cigarettes from his pocket. After offering one to the old man, he lit one himself and slowly said, "Old Master, what would it be like if the world changed?"

"What else could it be? It's just a replay of what happened a few decades ago." Old Man Liu took a puff on his cigarette and said with disdain: "But no matter what kind of monster it is, as long as it's here, as long as the old man still has a breath in him, even if the organization doesn't approve of it, I will carry the steel spear to the frontline and dare to tell the jackal to cross the border by half a step!"

Upon hearing the old man's words, Lin Bai couldn't help but reveal a smile. Perhaps it was because someone like Old Master Liu existed that, without exception, the sixth generation ancestor, or even himself, had chosen to seal away that secret dust to prevent any changes in the world.

"Brat, what's wrong with you today? You've never been like this before." Seeing Lin Bai's expression, a hint of doubt and suspicion appeared on Old Man Liu's face. He had the nagging feeling that something was very wrong with Lin Bai today, as if there were many things he was worried about.

"It's just that after watching the events of the past few days, I've gotten a little emotional. Old Master, you don't have to worry about that." Lin Bai didn't expect that the old man's sense of smell would be so keen. He shook his head and extinguished the cigarette in his hand. He asked with some doubt, "Where did elder cousin Qian Tian go? Did you not see him?"

"How is that boy a peaceful person? He probably went hunting in the mountains." Hearing Lin Bai mention Liu Jingtian, Old Master Liu instantly displayed an indignant expression and fiercely said: "You don't even know to bring me up the mountain? I don't think this kid has a grandfather like me in his heart anymore. When I catch him again, I will definitely ruthlessly beat him up!"

"Elder Cousin Qian Tian is now an adult as well. How can he be like before, strolling around you everyday?" If he's still the same as before, you wouldn't be worried. " Seeing that the old man seemed to be angry, Lin Bai hastily smiled and said, "If you want to go up the mountain to hunt, then I'll go call for Senior Brother. Let's go walk up the mountain."

"Hurry up and go." Old Man Liu nodded repeatedly when he heard this, his face full of a happy smile, as if he was extremely anticipating this.

Lin Bai didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. He stepped his cigarette under his foot, turned around, and walked into the monastery. He wanted to pull Zhang Sanmeng and Chen Baian to the mountains and see if he could fulfill the Old Master's wish.

As far as he was concerned, since he couldn't change things in the future, he should make the best use of his time and enjoy his current life. Even if he were to spend more time reminiscing about the past, he wouldn't have any regrets.

"Brat, you're still trying to hide things from me with just this little bit of cultivation experience. I don't even know what happened that caused you to be so flustered." Glancing at the flickering cigarette in his hand, Old Master Liu revealed a sly smile. After a long while, he sighed: "I hope that the brat Qian Tian can make things more beautiful. Before he leaves, I must let the family celebrate a little more."

After he had finished speaking, the old man looked towards the distant and desolate foot of the mountain, his eyes filled with reluctance and yearning.

The person who understood him the best would never be anyone else, but only himself. These were things that he could not change, and the only thing he could do now was to leave as many of his footprints in the world as he could, and do things that would make his family remember even a hundred years from now.