Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

Chi Yuan insisted on staying here. In order to prevent her from being contaminated by dust, Shen Yunie put her outside Fuyun Temple, opened the door, placed an oil lamp on the floor to illuminate the house, and then bent down and began to carefully sweep the dust.

Chi Yuan said she was looking, and she really was just looking. Her light pink lips formed a straight line and she never opened her mouth. Her eyes occasionally fell on Shen Yunie, and occasionally turned to other places.

Under the cold moonlight, her skin was almost sickly pale, her expression was indifferent, and she felt isolated and alienated from the world.

Shen Yunie walked out of the room and happened to face Chi Yuan. Seeing her lips slightly parted, "Shen. When will you leave?"

"Wait until the work is done." Shen Yunie bent down and picked up the oil lamp. The cleaning was basically completed, and all that was left was to put in the necessary furniture.

He pushed Chi Yuan towards the stone chamber, where they would stay for a few more nights.

What he said was to wait for Chi Yuan's body to recover and use the sword god. Then he would be able to get the soul and leave.

Chi Yuan probably understood that the necessary conditions were on her. She frowned slightly, "But my sword heart is broken."

"Then wait until you recover, and then find a way to restore your swordsmanship." Shen Yunie's tone was indifferent, with an irrefutable meaning. He paused for a while, and suddenly said,

"Perhaps it's just you, Chi Yuan, who is running away. Your sword heart has never been broken, but you are unwilling to face the facts and simply hypnotize yourself completely. But none of this matters, I just want you to get better."

Chi Yuan listened to his words and couldn't help falling into confusion. The sword heart had never been broken, but she just hypnotized herself? This was impossible. She had been paying attention to the sword heart since she woke up, but it had indeed been broken. The condensed heart lake turned into broken ice. She would never make any progress in her sword attainments, and her spirit would eventually dissipate.

The stone room was also covered with dust. The difference from before was that there was a candied haws, a few pieces of osmanthus cakes and wine in a porcelain bottle on the table. Shen Yunie removed the veil covering the items. These items were well protected and there was no dust on them.

Shen Yunie put down the oil lamp in confusion so that Chi Yuan could see it more clearly, "Is this what Lin Chaoyu left behind?"

"She gave it to me." Chi Yuan reached out to take the porcelain bottle. She had already smelled this strong smell when she came in. It was exactly the same as her memory. "In previous years, I would bring Lin Chaoyu to worship Cang Xuan Zhu Dan. Those two things were their favorite food, and the wine was for me. These things happened about nine years ago."

There was no expression on the immortal's face, but there was a hint of loneliness between his brows. He gently put the porcelain bottle back in its place.

"She may not know that I am still alive. The seven people who killed my master must have been prepared long ago, in order to prevent me from being seriously injured and not dying and setting off the fire that almost burned half of Taixu Mountain."

Shen Yunie was silent for a while, and said: "Her crime is still unforgivable."

"Well, the crime is unforgivable..."

The two did not continue to speculate about Lin Chaoyu's gift. It was not important to Shen Yunie or Chi Yuan.

The interior decoration of Fuyun Temple was completed, and the furnishings were extremely simple. Chi Yuan was moved to a room near the rising sun. At this time, her body recovery was almost complete. She could feel her legs, but no matter how she tried to use her strength on them, she couldn't move them at all.

The rest of their lives were the same as before. Shen Yunie would practice sword skills and let her watch and teach. In his spare time, he would take her to stroll around Taixu Mountain and visit nearby towns. In addition to medicine, there were also meals to eat every day. Shen Yunie would cook for Chi Yuan based on his guess of Fu Hua's preferences.

Chi Yuan always eats without commenting. She has no desire for food, so how can she be picky?

They lived a leisurely life until the last leaf fell from the trees in the town, and then they realized that it was already winter.

150. Towards the end

Shen Yunie stood outside Fuyun Temple, looking at the fine snow falling from the sky. He had been here for almost a whole year. It seemed that because this was a memory, he did not feel that the passage of time was difficult, but rather it felt fast.

It was winter in a trance. It was winter when he, Leah, Yae Sakura, and everyone else repeated it. Should it be spring in the outside world now? Or summer?

He was actually afraid that time would pass too quickly, because there were still many things he had not done in time but had to do here, and saving Fu Hua was also necessary. This whole year was a time for self-cultivation, isolating himself from all things in the outside world and starting to practice. Although he did not encounter any strong opponents, he basically dealt with the Honkai beasts in the mountains.

But often tempering his sword heart still made his mind much more stable. Isn't self-cultivation just to cut off all desires and become stronger in silence? When he saw the snow, Shen Yunie vaguely realized that he really missed them.

It should be almost over, Chi Yuan's physical recovery has reached the final stage. After getting the soul, he will leave this world, and Fu Hua will be among the people he meets again.

Shen Yunie turned around and went back to Fuyun Temple. Oil lamps were lit everywhere in the courtyard, and the orange light dyed the tiny snow. It was like entering another world in an instant, and it became quiet, so quiet that you could hear the sound of snow falling.

The door of the immortal's room was half open, and her beautiful figure was elongated on the wall. Shen Yunie walked in and happened to see Chi Yuan sitting at the desk. The dim light made her expression look a lot softer, and her glass-like eyes reflected the ink-colored words.

"It's snowing outside." Shen Yunie walked over and sat down beside her at a distance. "The snow on Taixu Mountain. The whole mountain will probably be covered with snow tomorrow."

Chi Yuan looked at him sideways for a few seconds, then retracted his gaze and said in an emotionless voice: "I have seen him a few times. When it snows, it is usually the winter solstice. I will take Lin Chaoyu away from here to worship."

Shen Yunie reached out and put down her book. Suddenly she became interested and said, "Then go read it again. Repeating the same things over and over again will make you numb."

He was also numb. In Taixu Mountain, he did nothing more than practice sword skills and enjoy the scenery. He would go down the mountain occasionally, but all the streets in the nearby town had been walked by the two of them. Chi Yuan's body had not recovered yet and he could not stay too far away.

Chi Yuan was detained for reading and just frowned, but didn't say anything. She was used to it or numb, and she would always see that face when she opened her eyes. Until now, she has not been able to resist anything Shen Yunie did. He was not like a disciple who kept a distance from her. Sometimes he would do things that were beyond the limit but not too excessive, and she had to adapt to it.

As for whether he was numb, the immortal couldn't tell. He just felt that time passed quickly and the melancholy and depression accumulated in his heart faded a lot.

Shen Yunie moved the chair outside the house, then picked up Chi Yuan, walked over the threshold and sat down on the chair.

The snowflakes outside the house were dancing and falling. Shen Yunie exhaled a breath of hot air and brushed the snowflakes off Chi Yuan's cloak. The fairy's skin was cold and pale, and some snowflakes fell on her long eyelashes, but her lips were as bright as if she had been dyed with rouge.

Shen Yunie was very quiet, with a smile on his lips, he looked at the snow in a focused and quiet manner. In his eyes, time seemed to be frozen, the profile of the immortal and the snowflakes in his hair seemed to be graying, and he had entered old age, but his facial features were still delicate and his skin was fine.

Chi Yuan was in a trance for a moment, and when she came to her senses, the Houkai energy in her body continued to circulate, constantly attacking the barrier of her legs. She sat there quietly, with hot air in her nose, and after a few seconds, she stood up with force.

The barrier of his legs had been completely broken, and the immortal stood there with his sleeves fluttering. The snowflakes of his simple clothes were gradually melted by the heat in his body. When the super-mutation factor restored his body, it would no longer absorb the collapse energy, and every meridian of Chi Yuan began to be filled with power.

It only takes a few days for her strength to be fully restored and she will become the independent immortal again.

Chi Yuan closed her eyes. The outside world was cold, and so was her heart. She didn't need the Sword Heart Technique to mobilize it. With just a thought, she could stabilize her sword heart. The dark vision was illuminated by the light, and she saw her heart. Deeper than her fiery beating heart was a lake.

The lake has frozen over, the ice breaking into pieces, the ice that will never melt.

Chi Yuan slowly opened her eyes, and saw that Shen Yunie's gaze was already on her, smiling at her.

"It's finally recovered. This way, Chi Yuan can go and clean up the damage near Shenzhou again."

"Yeah." Chi Yuan replied softly, "I haven't paid attention to Shenzhou's Honkai energy reaction for a long time. Perhaps the people are suffering somewhere."

Shen Yunie's eyes brightened a little, and there was also anticipation in his tone, "Can you use the Sword God?"

Chi Yuan did not answer him, but slowly raised her slender arm. Her glass-like eyes were emotionless, but her fingertips were trembling unnoticeably. She kept this action for a long time, and then retracted her hand again, "The sword heart is broken, there is no way."

Shen Yunie did not show a disappointed expression, but just smiled silently, "Then wait until your strength is restored, and then find a way to repair Jianxin."

A broken sword heart cannot be restored, Chi Yuan wanted to say this, she remembered that she had said it before, but Shen Yunie's reaction seemed to be unknown. After a moment of silence, the immortal finally just nodded.

Shen Yunie remembered Chi Yuan saying that her sword heart had been broken and she could no longer use the Sword God.

Chi Yuan is already Taixu, comprehending the soul essence and the spirit essence, and memorizing all the sword moves. In addition to the sword heart being intact, she has all the conditions to release the sword god, and she has never tried to take that step until now.

She had no reason to use the Sword God again, not even to kill her own traitorous disciple.

Shen Yunie was thinking about what reason to find to make Chi Yuan try to take that step. The melted snow slid down his hair and onto his cheeks. He rubbed his hair and realized that he had been here for a long time. Chi Yuan accompanied him, and their hair was almost gray.

As the snowflakes gradually melted, the fairy's lips became increasingly red. Her white clothes clung to her body, and her face was expressionless, like ice.

"Do you still need my help? Will you go?" Shen Yunie stretched out her hand.

Chi Yuan hesitated for a moment and refused, "No."

She stood there quietly for a long time, her legs and body turned towards the house. She hadn't used her legs for nine years and it was a bit difficult to adapt. Chi Yuan stepped into the room very slowly, then stopped again and turned around to move the chair away.

Shen Yunie did not help. The more he watched Chi Yuan act independently, the more the corners of his mouth curved upward. The immortal stood in the room and looked at him. He moved his lips and said in a subtle voice, "Go to bed early." He raised his hand and closed the door.

Shen Yunie lowered her eyes and looked at the black Gnius bracelet on her wrist. She stroked it gently and turned back to the room.

151. Chi Yuan left alone

The sound of falling snow outside the window gradually stopped. Chi Yuan looked out the window. Because of the snow, the moon was completely blocked. She couldn't tell the time by the direction of the moon. The snow fell from dusk to late at night, and she couldn't fall asleep.

Usually Chi Yuan would fall asleep to the sound of the wind or in silence. She couldn't sleep today. No matter how she closed her eyes, she couldn't feel sleepy. The Honkai energy was running in her blood vessels. Except for the small riot of Honkai energy after it was restored a few hours ago, the flow rate had become slow.

It didn't take a few days at all, Chi Yuan recovered completely in just a few hours.

The immortal got up from the bed. The light from the oil lamp in the yard shone through the window, making her skin look like jade. Chi Yuan felt neither sad nor happy, and gazed calmly at the yard that had turned into silver.

After sitting quietly for a while, Chi Yuan stood up and walked out of the room. Shen Yunie's room was next door. She stepped over the snow and knocked on the door. "Shen?"

Unexpectedly, he was not in the room. Chi Yuan just knocked on the door but pushed it open. The bedding was laid on the bed without a wrinkle. The owner of this place had not come back.

Chi Yuan thought about it and thought that Shen Yunie probably went to the town to find medicinal supplements for himself. After all, he didn't know that his body had recovered. If he used supplements, the recovery time might be shortened.

In fact, she has fully recovered, and is confident that she can kill a Herrscher who is still in the Shell Breaking stage, but she just can't release the Sword God.

So the man's wish was doomed to fail, and she herself had never thought of any way to mend Kenshin.

Chi Yuan recalled in her mind that she had never seen Shen Yunie show a lost expression. She had seen that gentle smiling face too many times, and it was a little hard to imagine him with the corners of his mouth bent downwards. It didn't look like him.

Think about how Shen Yunie is trying hard to find a solution at the foot of the mountain. Chi Yuan rises up to see what he is thinking. If he also works harder, even if the ending is not satisfactory, he won't be too disappointed.

In the past, the seven disciples had shown great talent in front of him and practiced sword skills day and night. If he had shown a little humanity, would the outcome have been different?

Chi Yuan closed the door and walked down the mountain on the snow.

Shen Yunie was just as she thought. There were too few and simple things he could do when shopping in the town. He bought some medicinal herbs such as ginseng to make soup. While the owner was packing the herbs, he asked a few questions casually, "Master, there seem to be few tourists today?"

"It's not today. There are very few tourists recently. The court has issued an order to advance the curfew time. If you are caught, you will be severely punished." The old man with a goatee sighed and said, "It's just that in small places like ours, where the government is far away, the soldiers rarely come to check. And you are so brave, look, there is no one on the street?"

There were only street lights left on the street. Shen Yunie didn't see anyone on the whole street. Most of the shops were closed. The few shops with half-closed doors included this pharmacy.

"Why is there a sudden early curfew?"

"It's all caused by monsters. A while ago, there was news of monsters attacking people in the north, and the whole village disappeared overnight. Then monsters appeared frequently again. I heard that the area near Yijian Villa was attacked. The court was afraid that more people would die, so it ordered an early curfew across the country."

The old man placed the packed herbs in front of Shen Yunie and said, "Go back early."

"Yeah." Shen Yunie nodded in realization, "Several sects and the imperial court should have gone to encircle and suppress the monsters, right?"

No wonder the Taixu Sword Sect disappeared, it turned out that they had no time to take care of them. This news can be shared with Chi Yuan, if she wants to kill the Honkai Beast, I can go with her.

"Who knows?" The old man waved at him.

Shen Yunie walked along the empty street. He looked back. The light in the distance made the street scene hazy. The shadows of the street lamps were stretched very long, interlacing on the ground to form a dark area. It looked vaguely like someone was standing there.

He didn't pay much attention to it and walked to the corner of the street towards Taixu Mountain.

The few half-open shops on the street were all closed. A night watchman appeared at the end of the street and extinguished the wick of the street lamp. The figure stood in the darkness for a long time and then turned and left.

Chi Yuan heard the conversation between Shen Yunie and the old man. The collapse beast appeared in Shenzhou. This dynasty has reached its most prosperous period, so the collapse spreads faster. Compared with humans who have a chance to become Herrschers, the collapse beast is easier to deal with. Even the strongest of the collapse beast tide is only at the emperor level.

She has to clean up the collapse, this is her mission. Shen Yunie will probably tell her and go with her.

Chi Yuan turned and left, but she was not heading towards Taixu Mountain. She didn't want Shen Yunie to go with her, as the immortal was not a real immortal.

She has her own emotions and thoughts. She doesn't know what Shen Yunie can get from seeing the release of the Sword God. What is certain is that he will leave after the Sword God. Chi Yuan wants him to stay. The immortal has adapted to his existence. She is a little bit unable to adapt to the loneliness of being alone.

If she had never seen a better life, she could actually adapt to that kind of loneliness, but it was just lying in the stone chamber for nine, ten, or even more than ten years. Now she couldn't adapt. There was one certain feature in the scenery of Taixu Mountain, and that was the existence of Shen Yunie.

The reason why Chi Yuan didn't bring Shen Yunie with him was that he wanted him to wait, and after destroying the Honkai Beast, he would find a way to restore Kenshin with him.

She walked towards the exit of Taixu Town. The night watchman wandered around patrolling the streets but never saw anyone walking past him.

The lights on the last street were still on. The night watchman had not arrived here yet. Shen Yunie left the town in the opposite direction of Chi Yuan. He heard a noisy sound behind him.

"Open the door and let me stay here for one night! I'll give you gold!"

The man's voice was deep, and when he knocked on the door of the inn, it was not so much that he was smashing it, but rather that the entire wooden door was shaking, as if it was about to collapse under his smash.

Shen Yunie looked back in confusion. The man was tall and strong, with light blond hair and regular features. He looked handsome. However, there was a long sword scar on his face, like red lightning, breaking at the jaw.

Because of this scar, the man no longer looks handsome but more like a heroic figure.

Shen Yunie was looking at the man, and the other party also noticed his gaze. He looked at his handsome face with disdain and arrogance in his eyes.

The shopkeeper couldn't stand him banging on the door, so he finally opened it and the man squeezed in.

Shen Yunie could feel that the man was of the same kind as him, and that he had the energy of collapse running in his body. To be able to do this, he must have practiced the correct Taixu sword energy. Since he was a man and had a scar on his face, he was undoubtedly Chi Yuan's sixth apprentice, Ma Yanqing.

Do they have to leave and hide for a while?

The last time he met Lin Chaoyu, Shen Yunie pulled Chi Yuan away to hide.

152. Important People

Shen Yunie looked at the empty room, a trace of confusion appeared on his face. He couldn't find Chi Yuan.

Chi Yuan could not be found in Fuyun Temple, the stone chamber, or Taixu Mountain. He disappeared without leaving any message.

When he came back to his senses, his vision was already blurred by the thick white fog. Shen Yunie moved the pot of decoction away. Although Chi Yuan disappeared, he still boiled the tonic herbs. Maybe the other party just wanted to go somewhere for a while and would be back in a few hours.

Shen Yunie waited here for her to come back, but in the blink of an eye, several hours passed, and until he saw the reddish sunlight rising in the sky, he still couldn't see the immortal's figure again.

The medicinal material was heated several times. Finally, Shen Yunie put it aside and ignored it. He sat alone outside Fuyun Temple, watching the night turn into dawn. The snow gradually melted under the light of the morning sun.

Shen Yunie suddenly got up and went back to his room to rest. He slept until the evening. When he opened his eyes, the entire Fuyun Temple was dark and silent. He got up and lit all the oil lamps in the corners of the yard, but the feeling of loneliness still could not be dispelled.

The herbs couldn't be heated any further or they would all be cooked to pieces, and the residue would mix with the water and make it undrinkable. He ate and practiced swordplay in a daze, then waited near the pier until another day's dawn.

What he couldn't understand was why Chi Yuan suddenly abandoned him. There had been no conflicts between the two of them, so Chi Yuan had no reason to abandon him. But she just disappeared from his sight, and Shen Yunie couldn't see her no matter how long he waited.

For several days, Shen Yunie turned his life upside down and waited quietly. According to what the old man in the medicine shop told him, Chi Yuan might have gone to the north to clear out the collapsed beasts near Yijian Villa. Although he didn't know where she got the news from, maybe there was indeed a person standing in the black shadow he saw that night.

Shen Yunie thought about it and did not set out to look for her. After all, there were other possibilities. Chi Yuan would always come back, and the house could not be left alone when she came back.

There was no sign of Chi Yuan for several days in a row. For the first time, Shen Yunie felt that time became slow and unbearable, as if every day was extended countless times.