Want to Ascend? Then Fall in Love

Chapter 9 – Only Shen Qingxian Could Bear This Honor.

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Naturally, the person who had come was Gu Jianshen.

Although he had suppressed his cultivation, his appearance hadn’t changed… Oh, it had changed, his beautiful eyes had changed color.

Shen Qingxian was very dissatisfied with this. He became even more dissatisfied when he thought about the task he had, to praise his eyes.

Praise his eyes, using no less than three sentences? Heh heh, he didn’t even want to say a single word.

Su Yu had already become much more cautious after experiencing all that he had. He stared alertly at Gu Jianshen with bright eyes. “Who are you?”

A benefactor was not necessarily a benefactor, just like Wang Yu, Li Sun, and the others before!

Gu Jianshen smiled and brazenly lied, “Hello young master, I’m here to pick up the Young Master here.” As he said that, he looked at the pale and tender child in his arms. 

Su Yu was slightly stunned. “You came here to pick up Zhao Yan?”

Shen Qingxian: “…” Gu Jianshen had managed to obtain his name with one sentence.

Gu Jianshen went with the flow. “Yes.”

Su Yu looked at Shen Qingxian, and his watery peach blossom eyes were at a loss.

Shen Qingxian didn’t make a sound. He wanted to watch how the guy behind him would bullshit his way through. 

Gu Jianshen slowly and methodically explained, “Young Master Zhao Yan is our clan’s holy son. Because he is weak and sickly, he was sent to Wanxiu Mountain to recuperate.”

Su Yu, who had been fooled repeatedly, looked at Shen Qingxian and confirmed, “Really?”

Shen Qingxian wanted to see what Gu Jianshen had up his sleeve, so he nodded. “Yes.”

Now, not a shred of suspicion remained in Su Yu’s mind. 

Even if he no longer trusted outsiders, he still had 100% trust in Zhao Yan.

Gu Jianshen fabricated a story energetically, and he heard him continue, “Yesterday, His Lordship told our clan that the Holy Son had already descended the mountain for training, so the elders arranged for me to take care of Young Master along the way.”

Su Yu completely believed him by now. “So it’s like that ah…”

When Shen Qingxian thought about it, he felt that this was alright, so he nodded in agreement. 

Gu Jianshen looked down at the child in his arms. “Young Master, I am Qingshen, your servant.”

The Heart Domain’s Emperor Jiushen as his servant?

Alright, in all the world, only Shen Qingxian could bear this honor. 

Shen Qingxian smiled and whispered, “Put me down.”

His Honorable Lordship also entered into the act very quickly, already adopting the “Holy Son” demeanor. 

Gu Jianshen frowned. “Yes.”

Then he let go and placed Shen Qingxian down in a clean spot.

Su Yu finally reacted. He approached Shen Qingxian and said, “I thought you had transformed on Wanxiu Mountain like me!”

He was born on Wanxiu Mountain. He was originally an ignorant little peach blossom who had been unexpectedly enlightened when Lord Lianhua had left his seclusion and Wanxiu Mountain had overflowed with spiritual qi. It could be said that he was extremely lucky.

Shen Qingxian said to him in a warm voice, “I’m very sorry I didn’t make it clear to you before.”

Su Yu quickly waved his hand and replied, “It’s all right la. I didn’t ask.”

Shen Qingxian thought: I couldn’t have made up something like this even if you had asked.

Su Yu was also very curious. “Is your whole clan made up of transformed green willows?” A whole clan of green willows, it couldn’t be a single giant willow tree, could it?!

Shen Qingxian looked at Gu Jianshen, who immediately changed the topic. “Two young masters, please start walking, and chat at ease.”

Su Yu was very embarrassed and said, “My name is Su Yu. Just call me by my name!”

Gu Jianshen said, “Young Master Su Yu, if you please.”

Shen Qingxian chuckled.

Gu Jianshen looked at him. 

Shen Qingxian’s thin lips opened slightly, and he mouthed: Your Majesty even has such a hobby?

Gu Jianshen said nothing but smiled in a deeply affectionate manner.

Shen Qingxian indifferently looked away. 

When Gu Jianshen’s eyes were still red, this smile even made hibiscuses seem inferior. Now…it was ugly.

Gu Jianshen took them away from this bloody place. All five people had been killed by Gu Jianshen’s one red leaf, and at the moment, the blood had seeped into the ground, leaving behind a pungent smell.

Su Yu wasn’t afraid; he wasn’t human and had no great emotions about certain things that some people feared.

But it was obviously very inappropriate to chat between a pile of bodies and spilled blood, so changing their location was right.

After walking for a while, Gu Jianshen asked Shen Qingxian, “Young Master, are you tired?”

Shen Qingxian hadn’t felt what being tired was like for thousands of years by now. 

However, Su Yu was already a little tired. He had been tossed around too much today; he had fought, desperately fled, and had his three outlooks on life overturned. After walking for just a little while, he started panting slightly. 

Imitating his appearance, Shen Qingxian also made himself flush and pant gently.

Who would have known that as soon as he made himself this way, Gu Jianshen would reach out and pick him up. “There’s still a ways to go, I’ll carry you ba.”

Shen Qingxian: “…..”

Gu Jianshen was tall with long arms, and he carried Shen Qingxian like he was holding a weightless cloth doll.

Su Yu saw Shen Qingxian’s flushed cheeks and said, “Zhao Yan, don’t force yourself. You’ve really tired yourself out today.”

Shen Qingxian said, “I can do it myself.”

Gu Jianshen lowered his voice and advised, “Your body is not as good as Young Master Su Yu’s, so don’t overextend yourself.”

Su Yu immediately remembered Gu Jianshen’s “weak and sickly” description, and hurriedly chipped in, “I was too careless! I forgot about your poor health!”

Then Su Yu added, seriously and earnestly, “This Secret Land of the Setting Moon is full of dangers at every turn. You should save your strength in case we encounter another disaster.”

Shen Qingxian: “……”

Gu Jianshen’s eyes were full of smiles. “Young Master, have a good rest ba.”

Shen Qingxian looked up at him and smiled very sweetly. “Then I’ll be troubling you.”

Gu Jianshen was stunned.

The next moment, Shen Qingxian cast a thousand-jin spell on himself. 

Gu Jianshen’s expression changed, and he almost chucked away the “noble Holy Son” in his arms. 

Shen Qingxian deliberately clutched at the clothing covering his chest, and Gu Jianshen came close to having them be torn down.

Su Yu noticed this and asked with a bit of surprise, “Is Zhao Yan very heavy?” 

The little green willow was pale, tender, and slender, and he looked like he wouldn’t weigh much. How come he felt that right now Gu Jianshen looked very tired while carrying him?

Gu Jianshen said with a smile, “He’s very light.” As light as a small mountain. 

If they were outside the Secret Land of the Setting Moon, let alone a small mountain, even if His Honorable Lordship was as heavy as the mountains and the sea, this honorable emperor would be able to hold him. After all, his cultivation would be present.

But the problem was that if he wanted to enter the secret realm without letting it collapse, he had to suppress his cultivation. Although he made sure to retain the maximum amount of cultivation that the secret realm could bear, it was obvious that Shen Qingxian, who had transformed himself into a little green willow, had also retained the maximum amount.

Therefore, once Shen Qingxian used this thousand-jin spell, the only option Gu Jianshen had was to just grit his teeth and bear it. 

Shen Qingxian looked up at him. “Or how about I walk by myself ba?”

His soft and cloying voice was like a little devil’s. 

Gu Jianshen hugged him tighter. “It’s alright. It’s this underling’s duty to share in the young master’s burdens.”

Shen Qingxian, who was now buried in his chest, said, “I’ve troubled you.”

Gu Jianshen smiled a fake smile and replied, “It’s no trouble.”

As soon as these three words were uttered, the little green willow in his arms grew three jin heavier.

After walking for half an hour, the kind-hearted little Su Yu saw an open space at the side of the road. “This spot is good, let’s take a rest here ba!”

Gu Jianshen’s arms had nearly snapped off from carrying him.

Shen Qingxian looked up and whispered, “Is this place good?”

Su Yu said, “It’s very good ba! It’s flat and open, and there are many dead branches, so we can start a fire, and we can…”

Before he could finish talking, Shen Qingxian deliberately frowned and asked, “Isn’t it too close?”

Su Yu looked at him. “En?”

Shen Qingxian said, “Wang Yu and others must have partners… Could they have any way to send messages? What if…”

This worry was also reasonable. They hadn’t walked that fast, and they had only gone a short distance from the spot of the now bloody scene. If Wang Yu’s companions found Wang Yu dead, they would definitely search everywhere.

Forget about revenge for now, with there being a peach blossom yao and a green willow yao that would sell at a good price, they would be easily led astray by the thought of riches.

Su Yu said authoritatively, “Let’s keep going ba!”

Then he looked at Gu Jianshen anxiously. “Qingshen-dage, can you keep going?”

Shen Qingxian suppressed his smile and looked at the person carrying him with a worried expression. “Can you keep going? Why don’t I walk by myself ba?”

How could men be questioned about if “they could keep going or not”?!

Gu Jianshen smiled ambiguously and said in an unhurried manner, “I’ll be fine even if I hold you all night.”

Shen Qingxian bore a sweet smile on his face while sneering internally in his heart. At the same time, he increased the weight of the thousand jin spell once more.

Gu Jianshen: “…..”

After walking for nearly an hour, they finally found a place to rest.

Shen Qingxian said, “Put me down ba.”

Gu Jianshen maintained a perfect demeanor throughout the whole process and carefully placed him on a clean rock.

Su Yu also sat down and took a deep breath. “Finally, we can rest.”

The person who should say this was actually Gu Jianshen… But this honorable emperor wouldn’t utter such words even if he was beaten to death!

Shen Qingxian just wanted to see how long Gu Jianshen could keep this act up for….

Su Yu was really completely exhausted. Not long after he settled down, he fell asleep nestled in his sleeping bag.

Under the bright moon, the two top leaders of the world looked at each other.

Shen Qingxian was the first to open his mouth. “Your Majesty is so refined, you even have the time to visit this small secret realm.”

Gu Jianshen looked at him meaningfully. “Your Lordship really doesn’t know why I came here?”

Shen Qingxian smiled. “It can’t be that you’re really looking for a holy son?”

Gu Jianshen looked at him calmly. After a while, he said, “That’s possible.”

Shen Qingxian asked him, “It’s possible?”

Gu Jianshen replied, “If I wished for it, then there is a holy son there. Since he’s there, I can also go take a look around.”

Shen Qingxian smiled and didn’t say anything more.

In the face of this typical Heart Domain thought process, he didn’t want to say half a word more. After all, it wasn’t suitable for him to spark a conflict with Gu Jianshen in their current situation.

Shen Qingxian said, “I think Your Majesty must also be tired after today. Rest earlier ba.”

Gu Jianshen let out a low laugh and said, “This kind of tired, however tiring it is, will not make me tired.”

Hearing these words, Shen Qingxian only thought that he was saying all that to save face even in the face of death, so he didn’t take it seriously. 

They didn’t exchange any words all night, and of course, the two of them didn’t sleep all night.

Shen Qingxian used this time to look at the jade scroll and found that the task of entering the secret realm had already turned light gray.

It was completed. 

Was it because he had stayed long enough, or because of some other reason?

Shen Qingxian glanced through the corner of his eye at Gu Jianshen, and kept feeling as though there was something strange going on. 

While he was thinking, the jade scroll, which had now accumulated a little strength, began to cause trouble again.

“Eighth, let Gu Jianshen hug you.”

“Addendum: must be carried out in the Secret Land of the Setting Moon.”

Lord Lianhua, calm, unhurried, and  unflappable even in the face of danger: “….”

After flashing this line of words, the jade scroll probably felt that it wouldn’t live long. It simply extinguished its own light, and chose to go directly to laying there stiffly, playing dead. 

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The author has something to say: 

Gu Jianshen: My wife is so tsundere, but that’s alright, I like it. 

His Lordship: IndifferentFace.jpg

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Juurensha: Ahahaha, let the flirting commence???