Chapter 526: The hearts of old men change easily
Chapter 523 – Old Hearts Change Easily
“Senior Sister ……,” Li Fan looked at Senior Sister Zhao who was about to be summoned by Sect Master Ji alone with an inexplicable look on her face and wanted to speak.
“Hmm? What’s wrong with you, Senior Sister?” She glanced at Li Fan and softly said, “You and I have shared the same life and death for more than a hundred years, is there anything we can’t tell each other frankly?”
“Nothing.” Li Fan gave a spontaneous smile, “Senior sister, you may go. Remember, no matter what you do, I will support you.”
Senior Sister Zhao guffawed and walked into the sect hall.
“Boom!”
The heavy gate closed with a loud bang, and Li Fan looked at Senior Sister Zhao’s disappearing back, a trace of complexity that was not easily detected by onlookers flashed in his eyes.
Instead of honestly staying outside the great hall and waiting, he returned to Penglai Peak where he and Senior Sister Zhao lived and scavenged the cave for anything of value.
Afterward, he pretended to make his rounds and came near the exit of the sect protector formation.
It appeared to be no different from the behavior of an ordinary disciple, but in reality, Li Fan was already prepared to run away at any time.
Not because Li Fan wanted to betray the Great Dao Sect, but because ……
During the hundred years under the mountain, Li Fan stumbled upon the fact that Senior Sister Zhao was secretly collecting the blood of those cultivators, or even mortals, who were infected with the [Immortal Plague].
Although she only took one drop at a time, her movements were extremely secretive.
But how could it escape the eyes of Li Fan, a person who had been living with her for a long time?
Initially, after each time she took a blood drop sample, Senior Sister Zhao would become very ill.
Relying on Li Fan’s attentive care, as well as sufficient pills to protect her body, she was able to pull through peacefully.
When Li Fan asked her about the reason, Senior Sister only jokingly said that she also wanted to try to reverse the reasoning of the [Immortal Plague] and directly certify to immortality.
Li Fan did not believe it.
However, knowing Zhao’s nature, once she decides on something, even he, who has been with her for a hundred years, can’t persuade her to come back.
So he didn’t try to dissuade her, but just told her, “The body is the most important thing”.
Later on, she seemed to have really listened to Li Fan’s advice and slowly stopped collecting blood samples.
The intervals between illnesses became shorter and shorter, and the symptoms of each infection became lighter and lighter.
But Li Fan knew that everything was an illusion.
Senior Sister Zhao had not given up on this madness of hers at all.
And the reason why she didn’t seem to have any more abnormalities seemed to be because she had grasped some kind of method that could isolate the effects of the [Immortal Plague] ……
All these years, although they had stayed in the same place.
But Senior Sister Zhao’s cultivation had grown increasingly profound, and had grown to the point where Li Fan couldn’t even see through it.
From time to time, the various auras that emanated unconsciously from her body made Li Fan feel secretly frightened.
Even though it was certain that Senior Sister Zhao had no intention of harming herself. However, Li Fan would still feel an unexplained sense of crisis in his heart.
Although Senior Sister Zhao did not say it, Li Fan could guess. She was afraid that she had collected so much blood containing the power of the [Immortal Plague] in order to deal with the Great Dao Sect’s Sectmaster, Ji Changxi.
A hundred years of deliberate suppression had caused Senior Sister Zhao’s dissatisfaction with this Sect Leader to reach its limit.
As the saying goes, “If you block my path, you won’t stop until you die.”
Li Fan believed that it was not impossible for the crazy Senior Sister Zhao to do such treacherous things.
Not long ago, when she stepped into the sect hall, the trace of killing intent that flashed in her eyes was by no means Li Fan’s illusion.
“Although Ji Changxie has already merged with the Dao for more than six hundred years, and her aptitude and myriad techniques are unfathomable. But after all, he is not yet a Long Habitat.”
“Judging from the natural talent, and actual battle power displayed by Senior Sister Zhao, coupled with the help of the [Immortal Plague], there may not be no chance of victory.”
“So what if it’s just a close victory? We killed a Ji Changxi, and a dozen Harmonious Dao Elders. There’s even those two reclusive Elder Celestials pressing the battlefield.”
“Is it hard to not be able to kill them all cleanly?”
Li Fan was puzzled as to why Senior Sister Zhao would make such a decision. Whether it was successful or not, it would be known throughout the Great Dao Sect.
At that time, not only would she have to face the siege of the entire sect, but Li Fan, the Dao partner of Senior Sister Zhao, would not be spared.
So Li Fan, who was saving for a rainy day, prepared to run away early.
As for why he didn’t leave now, it was purely because he was looking forward to it, to see if there was any miracle happening.
Time passed little by little.
Due to the order given by Ji Changxi earlier, he and Daozi had important matters to discuss, and no one could disturb them.
So the Sect Hall had been in a closed state.
Li Fan looked at the mountain top from afar, his heart growing more and more apprehensive.
Seven days later.
The doorway of the main hall slowly opened, and Li Fan’s breath stuttered.
However, something greatly unexpected happened to him.
Ji Changxi was in front, and Senior Sister Zhao was in the back.
The two walked out together.
“The two didn’t fight to the death? Am I overthinking it?” Surprised in his heart, Li Fan could not help but narrow his eyes slightly.
Not only did Senior Sister Zhao’s fish-out-of-water, fight-to-the-death thing not happen, the relationship between the two seemed to be a lot more amicable than before.
Even at the end when she left, Ji Changxi even patted her shoulder as a sign of encouragement.
And Senior Sister Zhao actually accepted it openly and didn’t have the slightest color on her face.
Seeing this scene, Li Fan’s heart was slightly shaken and filled with many puzzles.
In the past, apart from herself, Senior Sister Zhao had very much rejected physical contact between others and her.
And now ……
Feeling bad in his heart, many thoughts immediately flashed through Li Fan’s mind.
But all of them were too late to think carefully.
Li Fan first reacted to the fact that there was still something he hadn’t done.
Hurriedly returning to Penglai Peak, he took advantage of the fact that Senior Sister Zhao had not yet returned to return everything to its original place.
When Senior Sister Zhao returned, she did not notice any abnormalities in her own cave.
After all, this “home”, the two have not returned for a hundred years.
“Senior sister, a hundred years outside, we have been busy with trivial matters, it seems a long time no warmth. Why don’t we ……” Li Fan tried and sent out an invitation for double cultivation.
A trace of nostalgia also flashed in Senior Sister Zhao’s eyes, and with a delicate expression, she readily agreed.
After a pinch, the suspicion in Li Fan’s heart couldn’t help but fade away.
“What is the so-called matter that the Sect Master summoned you for this time?” Li Fan cradled his senior sister’s white jade-like flawless body in his arms and casually asked.
“He said that soon, he is going to pass the position of the Sect Sect Leader of the Great Dao Sect to me. I’m told to prepare in advance.” Senior Sister Zhao’s tone was flat, without the slightest fluctuation.
It was as if what she was going to inherit was not the position of the leader of the Immortal Dao Ten Sect, but some kind of over-the-top toy.
But it was such a soft, she didn’t care about it at all, that fell on Li Fan’s ears, but it was like a thunderbolt, shaking his brain to a roar and temporarily losing his ability to think.
“What about the Heaven Execution Great Dao Scripture?” Li Fan, whose head was blank, could not help but subconsciously ask.
“Hee hee, the Sect Leader’s exclusive technique, of course it is also to be given back to me to practice ah.” As if recapturing her beloved toy, Senior Sister Zhao’s head was pressed against Li Fan’s chest, her fingers circled around his heart area continuously, and she said with a light smile.
(End of this chapter)