flstandardbreds Chapter 114 Cause and Effect
Chapter 114 Cause and Effect
Rong Yan's "chosen wife" is none other than his fiancée from his mortal days before he cultivated immortality.
Hundreds of years ago, the two were childhood sweethearts, and after growing up, they went to the Nanhua Sect to seek the Dao together.
But fate played a cruel trick on them; one of them had spiritual roots, while the other did not.
The two were forced to part ways, but Rong Yan promised to find her and marry her in three years.
After three years of cultivation at the Nanhua Sect, Rong Yan successfully established his foundation and then promised to go down the mountain to find his fiancée.
When he returned to his hometown, he learned that his fiancée had been bedridden for three years due to a deep-seated emotional problem and had passed away shortly before he returned to find her.
Rong Yan originally planned to cultivate for three years first, and after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, his lifespan would increase. He would then marry this woman and spend a hundred years together before returning to the Nanhua Sect to cultivate again.
Little did he know that his greed three years ago, wanting both, would lead to bitter consequences and ultimately harm that woman.
Out of guilt, Rong Yan stayed in his hometown to care for the woman's parents until their deaths before returning to the Nanhua Sect.
Then this time, thanks to his superior qualities, he was successfully chosen by the then-peak master of Hongchen Peak to become his disciple.
Centuries have passed, and the feelings and guilt from that time have slowly faded away. Rong Yan never expected that he would bring up the old matter again under these circumstances.
All of this was to extinguish his disciple's delusions.
But he didn't expect that everything he did would backfire.
The negative consequence of worldly cultivation techniques is that once a cultivator has such thoughts, their cultivation will not progress at all.
The consequence of not making any progress in cultivation is a limited lifespan, leaving one to watch helplessly as their lifespan slowly dwindles.
If it were Senior Sister Wen Fuyue, Rong Qing, she would only be at the Golden Core stage. If she was lucky, she could live for at most five hundred years. If she was unlucky, her lifespan might be three or four hundred years.
Rong Yan treated Rong Qing coldly until Wen Fuyue came of age. In the end, he compromised and hastily passed the position of peak master to Wen Fuyue. Then, he took Rong Qing away from the sect to find a way to break the curse.
Wen Fuyue didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but in the eyes of the others in the Nanhua Sect, it was irrefutable proof that the two had "eloped".
When Wen Fuyue became the peak master of Hongchen Peak, she was still young. The higher-ups of Nanhua Sect were worried about repeating the same mistakes, so they tried to persuade Wen Fuyue to be more mature before starting to take on disciples.
Wen Fuyue himself was happy to be relaxed, as he didn't like being alone on Luochen Peak without a master or senior sister.
From then on, he wandered aimlessly all over the country, and would sometimes go looking for news that seemed to be about his master or senior sister.
He made many friends along the way, and it was during that time that he met Feng Nian.
For all these years, Wen Fuyue had no news of her master or senior sister.
However, the life tablets of the two people in the Si Ming Palace were intact, and Wen Fuyue optimistically thought that the three of them would reunite one day.
Unexpectedly, more than two hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the first apprentice that Feng Nian predicted for him is about to appear.
Wen Fuyue then went to the location that Feng Nian had calculated for her, just in time.
But as soon as they got nearby, they saw Rong Qing hiding with a child.
Rong Qing was overjoyed to see him and entrusted her child, Rong Xuan, to him, begging him to take Rong Xuan away and never hand the child over to Rong Yan.
Wen Fuyue naturally intended to leave with Rong Qing.
Unexpectedly, their whereabouts were exposed and Rong Yan discovered them.
During the standoff, Wen Fuyue realized that the child named Rong Xuan was actually the flesh and blood of her master and senior sister!
Rong Yan forced Wen Fuyue to hand over the child, saying that Rong Qing's lifespan was coming to an end and only by borrowing the bloodline artifact could she break through her mental barrier.
Rong Qing cursed Rong Yan for being hypocritical, her eyes no longer filled with affection, only resentment.
She would rather die than agree to sacrifice her son as a ritual offering to prolong her own life.
After realizing Rong Yan's plan, she took Rong Xuan and fled, until they bumped into Wen Fuyue.
Left with no other choice, Wen Fuyue engaged in a fierce battle with her master. In the end, Rong Qing protected her and held off Rong Yan, allowing Wen Fuyue to escape with Rong Xuan.
Wen Fuyue took Rong Xuan back to the Nanhua Sect first. After settling him in, Wen Fuyue went to find her master and senior sister again.
But this time, Wen Fuyue couldn't find anyone.
He had no choice but to return to the Nanhua Sect and take Rong Xuan as his disciple again.
Rong Xuan and Rong Yan look alike, confirming the old rumors of a master-disciple romance within the mortal realm.
Although Rong Xuan's background is a closely guarded secret of the Nanhua Sect, and few of the younger generation know about it, in order to prevent a repeat of the same mistake, they use the fact that Hongchen Peak does not accept female disciples as a cover-up.
Upon her return, Wen Fuyue paid close attention to Rong Qing's words.
The Rong Xuan he brought back was also in a very dull state, neither smiling nor speaking.
Wen Fuyue took off his clothes and discovered that the young child's body was covered with strange patterns.
He followed this clue and began to investigate, only to find out that the markings on Rong Xuan's body were sacrificial inscriptions.
The sacrificial text will continue to grow on his skin, transforming the sacrificer from a human being into a ritual vessel.
Wen Fuyue finally realized that Rong Xuan's birth was a premeditated scheme from beginning to end.
The child that Rong Qing gave birth to with full expectations and love was nothing more than a "container" in Rong Yan's eyes.
Using bloodline as a guide, a "container" is used to lead Rong Qing back to the Great Dao.
So when Rong Qing discovered that Rong Yan had altered Rong Xuan, she went mad.
She didn't care how long she lived, but she couldn't accept that the person she loved was so despicable, so despicable as to hurt her child.
Wen Fuyue never stopped searching for Rong Yan and Rong Qing, but two years later, Rong Qing's life tablet shattered.
This indicates that her lifespan has come to an end.
The story doesn't end there.
Wen Fuyue was very worried that his master Rong Yan had also fallen in love like his senior sister Rong Qing, and Rong Xuan was his only hope.
Therefore, Rong Xuan was kept hidden in the Nanhua Sect and rarely went out.
After listening to Wen Fuyue recount the stories of the previous generation, Ning Tinglan and Yun Yici were speechless for a moment.
Yun Yici regretted saying, "Sect Leader Shen mentioned the sacrificial artifact, but I didn't ask about it."
She had no idea that Rong Xuan had such a tragic past.
No wonder Rong Xuan's body stiffened and he wanted to back away whenever she touched him before.
Wen Fuyue said, "It's good that we have this improved version of the cultivation technique now. After I send you back to the Nanhua Sect, I will go to find my master."
Despite being master and disciple, Wen Fuyue never gave up searching for Rong Yan.
This grievance must be resolved. Wen Fuyue was worried that Rong Yan would find an opportunity to harm Rong Xuan, so she had to make things clear.
Ning Tinglan said, "Master, you fought with Grandmaster last time you met. I'm a little worried. Maybe we shouldn't go. Instead, let's spread the word and wait for him to come looking for us."
Compared to their grandmaster whom they had never met, Ning Tinglan and Yun Yici would definitely stand unconditionally on Wen Fuyue's side.
Wen Fuyue said, "A fight is unavoidable, but I'm not going to be killed."
Wen Fuyue has now become the master of several disciples, and he still can't understand how his master and senior sister became a pair of estranged lovers.
Originally, it was Rong Qing who was chasing after Rong Yan, but later it became Rong Yan who was willing to hurt Rong Qing in order to save her life.
The word "love" is indeed difficult to understand.