My enemies became my companions

Chapter 580 Ugly Monster (Two in One)

It was a land of ice and snow, with the sky and the earth covered in white. The county town was all white, but there was no white inside the house.

The brazier was heating inside, and Yin Tingxue was going in and out of the bedroom, packing her luggage.

Mother walked in with a bowl of hot soup in her hand. She came closer and said, "Don't clean up yet, drink the soup."

The girl was always well-behaved and obedient. After a while, she stopped, took the drink, blew on it a few times and drank it slowly. The mother looked at the flesh falling from her belly and felt worried.

"Can't you stay a few more days?" Mother sighed softly, "Who knows if you are living well over there."

Yin Tingxue shook her head and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will be fine."

"…Mom wants to stay with you a little longer."

"How could that be possible? I'm getting married, and my mother is as reluctant to let me go as a child." Yin Tingxue said with a smile, her eyes shining.

The mother was angry and amused at the same time, then she said helplessly: "Mother is a child, mother is a child, what about you?"

"Me? I've grown up. I haven't grown taller yet, but I've grown up."

The girl, who had always matured precociously, couldn't help but become childish. She stood on tiptoe and gestured with her mother's arm.

Her mother was amused and giggled. Yin Tingxue drank the soup mouthful by mouthful amidst the laughter. She finished the remaining one-third in one gulp and pushed the bowl back.

She turned around to pack her things. Actually, there was not much to pack, so she finished it in no time. Her mother was a little surprised and seemed to hope that she would take longer.

Yin Tingxue said, "I'm leaving now, mother, please don't see me off."

Having said that, her mother still saw her off to the door. As soon as she stepped out of the door, she grabbed her clothes and started nagging her about some nagging things.

Yin Tingxue felt like crying as she listened.

"Who said you've grown up and you're crying now? Alas, you haven't grown up at all." The mother kept nagging.

The wind was blowing and it was a bit cold, so the girl moved closer, as her mother always stood in a very warm place.

"You want me to grow up, but you also want me not to grow up. How can that be possible?" Yin Tingxue muttered, "Don't worry about everything. I am the one you should be most assured of."

The mother listened to her and wanted to say something, but she just shook her head gently, with a smile in her eyes, and reached out to touch her head.

Yin Tingxue greeted this familiar face that she hadn't seen for a long time and muttered shyly, "Goodbye."

She nodded gently, and as she finished speaking, the warm scene gradually lost its color and melted into a vast expanse of white. Her mother gradually disappeared from his sight, leaving behind a gentle smile, and then Chen Yi's face appeared.

He raised the corners of his mouth and tried to smile gently at the girl.

"Pfft." Yin Tingxue, with tears in her eyes, covered her mouth with both hands and laughed, "How ugly and weird."

Chen Yi frowned and his face immediately turned cold.

Yin Tingxue quickly grabbed his hand and said softly, "I like it even if it's ugly. I like it even if it's weird."

Chen Yi felt relieved when he heard this. He glanced at the intimate girl and couldn't help wondering why the little fox comforted him... She woke up from a sweet dream. He didn't know how the girl, who was always thoughtful, felt. He sighed secretly in his heart, rubbed her head and smiled:
"You like me even though I'm ugly?"

Yin Tingxue was a little surprised.

Chen Yi leaned over and kissed her forehead, saying, "I'll be uglier and weirder in the future so you like me more."

His words sounded a bit disgusting. Yin Tingxue thought about it and kissed him on the face to make him feel a little disgusted.

Donggong Ruoshu looked at this affectionate scene and held her cheeks with satisfaction. Yin Weiying on the side narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly.

She glanced at Miss Donggong with a look of disdain. She had such a reaction to such a small scene. She didn't know that when Chen Yi was getting close to her, others were envious.

But there is no need to show off...Yin Weiying's expression was calm.

The little fox came back to his senses and was surprised to find two girls from the East Palace there. He was frightened and said, "This is..."

"This is Miss Donggong, and this, the one inside is your sister Weiying." Chen Yi gave a simple explanation.

"Sister Weiying? She is here too..." Yin Tingxue said in surprise.

Yin Weiying nodded at her and asked with a smile, "Tingxue, it's been a long time since we last met. Have you made any progress recently?"

Oh, it’s really Sister Weiying.

The nun was in the body of the East Palace girl. Yin Tingxue couldn't hear what she was saying, but from the tone of her voice, she knew who it was.

After talking with Zhenwu Bodhisattva, Chen Yi thought of Yin Tingxue, so he took away the Taiyi Water belonging to this area. The dream lost its source, and she naturally woke up.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi took out a crystal-clear jade pendant from his arms and placed it in Yin Tingxue's hand. The girl didn't understand what he meant.

Chen Yi closed her hand and said, "I used some tricks to get it. Wearing it will help you have more sweet dreams."

Yin Tingxue's eyes widened. After a while, she wanted to say thank you, but somehow she couldn't say it. Looking at Chen Yi's serious expression, she thought about it and moved closer to kiss the corner of his mouth.

He quite likes this, anyway.

Chen Yi touched her head, stood up and said, "Let's go out."

…………

Fairy Caixia saw the Holy Emperor returning to the White Jade Palace. Just as she was about to speak, the Holy Emperor looked somewhere and said softly, "Someone else is coming."

Fairy Caixia was startled. The Taoist woman had just left not long ago and had taken away an unusual magic weapon that looked like a furnace from the Holy Emperor. Now someone else came.

The Kingdom of God has been getting more and more lively lately.

"Don't worry, it's a good thing." The Holy Emperor spoke in a comforting voice, stepped into the corridor and greeted him.

After a while, the Holy Emperor stopped and looked at the well in the forest garden.

Donggong Ruoshu was the first to come out of the well, followed by Chen Yi and others.

Chen Yi looked around. There was no need to explain the magnificence and beauty of the palace. However, he had seen many magnificent scenes in his dreams, so he was not that shocked. His eyes soon fell on the man not far away.

That is the Holy Son of Heaven.

Having heard this from other people many times, Chen Yi was not shy about meeting them for the first time and bowed generously.

The Holy Emperor bowed in return.

After looking around curiously, Yin Tingxue returned the greeting. Yin Weiying, who had entered Donggong Ruoshu's body, bowed casually.

If Dong Gong was not very polite, there was no need to be so particular. She put her hands behind her back and nodded as if she was being inspected by her superior.

After the Holy Emperor returned the gift, he stretched out his hand and said, "Miss Donggong, where is the thing I want?"

How could Donggong Ruoshu not remember? She looked at Chen Yi with a frown and said, "Where is he? His name is Chen Yi."

The Holy Emperor turned his gaze back to Chen Yi again, "You are the immortal couple that Caixia mentioned, how..." He paused and continued, "How...the Taoist couple looks like Miss Donggong." During this time, he paused and clearly glanced at the Houkang sword on Chen Yi's back.

“…It’s a long story.” Chen Yi responded briefly.

The Holy Emperor closed his eyes, counted with his fingers, and his brows were solemn for the first time in a long time. Astonishment followed. He had to look at Yin Weiying again, and then at Chen Yi, without saying a word for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, he chuckled and said casually, "Forget it, it's not you. It can't be you."

This inexplicable sentence made people feel strange and confused. Chen Yi was most annoyed by this kind of people. No matter whether they were deliberately mysterious or the truth was genuine, they were always hiding things and making people unable to tell the truth. Even if they had nothing to hide, they would seem to have something to hide.

"Just speak frankly." Chen Yi said.

Unexpectedly, the Holy Emperor nodded and said, "Okay."

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment. It was the first time he met such a straightforward riddler. He was a little uncomfortable with it. After thinking about it, he realized that Zhou Yitang had made him stressed.

Most of these mountain people who practice cultivation speak in a vague way. So... it's Yin Weiying's fault again. Chen Yi secretly made a note of the nun.

Yin Weiying didn't know why Chen Yi glanced at her. She thought that maybe it was because a short separation was better than a new marriage, and he couldn't hide his infatuation... After thinking about it for a while, she shook her head and sighed.

The Holy Emperor waved his hand, and thick mist surged out of the well and poured into the forest garden. The surrounding scene suddenly became colorful, as if it was raining lightly, with sparkling drops of water spreading in all directions.

Feeling something in his heart, Chen Yi closed his eyes and then opened them again.

The scene suddenly changed. The water submerged the earth without anyone knowing. The air was filled with the smell of wetness. Raindrops as big as beans hit his cheeks, causing pain. Chen Yi looked around suddenly. The wind and rain were roaring and sweeping across the sky and the earth.

The rumbling thunder resounded through the sky. Chen Yi was in a trance and didn't know where he was. He only knew that everything he saw was submerged in the flood. When he looked up at the sky again, a corner of it collapsed.

The sky seemed to be howling in anger, and the blinding lightning tore through the darkness before disappearing in an instant.

In his chaotic state, Chen Yi was shocked to find that he was standing on a high place, which was also the only place of land that was not submerged. He turned his eyes and saw Yin Weiying beside him, holding his hand tightly.

The two of them faced the storm together and waited for the dawn.

Whoosh…

The scene gradually dissipated, the sound of the rolling flood disappeared, Chen Yi heard his own breathing, and he raised his eyes to look at the Holy Emperor.

"This is……"

"The pillars of heaven collapsed, the dome leaked and flooded. Fuxi and Nuwa avoided the water and survived. When the water receded, they got married and recreated the world." After the Holy Emperor finished telling this ancient story, he paused and said slowly: "I used this as a clue to deduce a secret method to prepare for emergencies, so we need a pair of immortal lovers."

The women on the side were all confused and didn't understand what he meant, only Chen Yi understood the meaning. The Holy Emperor, who was the second generation Heavenly Master, knew that the sky was going to collapse and made preparations for it. He deduced the secret method based on the story of Fuxi and Nuwa to preserve a trace of the fire of the Kingdom of God. This is why Caixia and others were so enthusiastic about their arrival.

It had been a long time since I had seen someone who had such a big secret but was not shy about it. Chen Yi let down his guard a little and said thank you: "Thank you."

"You're welcome. You are guests. Please forgive me for not entertaining you during this period."

As he spoke, the Holy Emperor waved his sleeves again.

"Make it up now."

The fog in the garden did not dissipate, but instead rose again. In a moment, everyone was in a banquet hall. The palace maids around them smiled sweetly, and in a moment, fine wine and delicious food were served.

A banquet is coming.

...............

The banquet in the white jade palace was so grand that it was hard to describe the people, the scenery, and the food. It was truly a grand banquet.

No matter it was an outsider like Chen Yi, or the fairies attending the banquet, the accompanying palace maids were all intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of this beautiful night.

Chen Yi was about 80% full. He held the wine bowl in his hand, his eyes still clear, and looked around at the ladies' manners. Donggong Ruoshu was eating happily, stuffing tons of food into her stomach. She was eating so much that she seemed to be dreaming, and there was no end to her eating. Although Yin Weiying was pressing against her body, she was very graceful. She only moved her chopsticks two or three times and stopped after a few tastings. She was more like the legitimate daughter of the Chen family than Donggong Ruoshu. Although the little fox had a small appetite, she was also full this time. Chen Yi touched her secretly and found that her stomach was a little bulging.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

At this time, many immortals had left the table and gathered in twos and threes to chat. Some were in a good mood to recite poems, compose couplets, play the harp and the flute. The Holy Emperor sat in the first seat, looking at all this with a look of great satisfaction.

Chen Yi glanced at him and recalled the pause when he looked at Hou Kang Jian. He couldn't help feeling puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he raised his glass and walked forward.

"Thank you for your help." The Holy Emperor replied.

Chen Yi drank it all in one gulp. He was just thinking about how to start talking when Saint Emperor suddenly asked, "Is the sword box behind you the Taisha Sword?"

Saint Emperor was once the master of two evil-slaying swords, so it was not surprising that he recognized them. Chen Yi nodded and continued, "It is this sword. Jian Jia asked me to deliver the sword to Longhu Mountain. When I arrived at Longhu Mountain, I had concerns and did not hand over the sword."

"Being cautious is a good thing. I don't want the Evil-Slaying Sword to fall into the hands of Longhu Mountain again." The Holy Emperor nodded slightly.

Chen Yi had learned about the deeds of this Holy Emperor from the Bodhisattva Zhenwu before. He knew that he was still brooding over the incident of felling mountains and destroying temples in the past, and he did not have a good impression of Longhu Mountain.

He continued, "I heard from the Fox Fairy that this time, Longhu Mountain is not only fighting against the White Lotus Sect, but also against the immortals who have ascended to heaven."

The Holy Emperor was not surprised by these words. Instead, it seemed as if he had heard them before. He pointed somewhere towards the banquet, and Chen Yi saw the Fox Fairy Queen gathered with Caixia and others. It turned out that she was there too.

"I don't even know most of the things on earth, let alone the things in heaven." The Holy Emperor paused, looking sad, and said softly: "Longhu Mountain has nothing to do with me anymore. I don't want to care about their affairs anymore."

After hearing this, Chen Yi tactfully did not ask any further questions. However, based on his previous conversation with Zhenwu Bodhisattva, he sensed something unusual.

The Taoist ancestral temple, Mount Longhu, only follows the orders of the people in heaven and acts according to the will of the gods, but instead wants to kill the immortals who have ascended to heaven. So... is there also civil unrest in heaven?

The Holy Emperor glanced at Chen Yi's sword case. The Taisha sword was rolling in the case. Chen Yi noticed it and tapped it with his fingers. The Taisha sword flew out and flew excitedly in front of the Holy Emperor.

It's like meeting old friends.

Taisha Sword was very excited. It flew to the hand of an immortal and snatched the wine bowl with the tip of its sword. The latter hurriedly chased after it, but saw Taisha Sword flying to the main seat with wine in hand. The Holy Emperor laughed, held the cup with it, and then drank the wine in the cup.

"Good sword, good sword. It's been a long time since I last saw it. It's still a good sword." The Holy Emperor praised it several times and said to Chen Yi, "Now it is your master. You should do the right thing and never let it down."

Chen Yi listened to it. He had always been chivalrous and slayed demons, but he didn't think it was necessary, and he was not bound by it. Compared with Min Ning, he had higher martial arts skills but lacked the innate chivalry. He could follow the right path or the evil path, it all depended on his heart. Chen Yi didn't want to confine himself to a certain area, so he declined:

"I have been nothing but a mediocre person all along. If you are afraid that I will let you down, just take it back."

The Holy Emperor shook his head and said, "This sword acts on behalf of Heaven and slays evil spirits. Only a virtuous person can be its master."

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, pointed at himself and asked doubtfully: "Do I have virtue?"

Not to mention other people, Yin Weiying would be shocked if these words fell into their ears, not to mention Chen Yi himself. He had been lustful all his life and had done many things to bully women. He really had nothing to do with being a moral person.

The Holy Emperor smiled slightly and said slowly: "It is more virtuous than Longhu Mountain."

Chen Yi's eyes lit up slightly, and he understood what he said.

But the Holy Emperor was not a riddle teller. He poured another bowl of wine and said this more directly:

"They cut down mountains and destroyed temples just to take over, which is unkind; they took over the three heavens and cleared away the old qi of the six heavens, which is unjust.
In such an unkind and unjust place, I didn't chop the mountain with my sword back then, only because of our past friendship."

(End of this chapter)