Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

I know not where I'm headed, my body already in the world of martial arts.

Fate seems to have been fair to Shen Yichen. He could never go back after leaving the Ji family, and now that he has left Guanxing Mountain, he can never go back either.

This unfamiliar world became Shen Yichen's only refuge. He wandered the world with no way back. He had a father, a mother, and a master, but they were all like the stars in the sky, unreachable.

On the giant rock of Beimeng Mountain, Shen Yichen looked down at Yixuan on his lap and asked softly:

"You're from the Ji royal family, right? And from Yunxia Mountain, isn't that correct?"

Yixuan's bright eyes blinked.

"You know nothing about the Ji family, so what use is it for you to know where I come from? Actually, I was waiting for you too, but when I entered the martial world, I really didn't expect to meet you!"

Looking at that delicate face, Shen Yichen was somewhat dazed, as if he were seeing a charming woman. He reached out his hand towards Yixuan's face.

Yi Xuan suddenly stood up!

"You, what are you doing?"

Shen Yichen seemed to wake from a dream. He turned his head, took a deep breath, and shook his head slightly. He was blaming himself, murmuring:

"What's wrong with me?"

"You're thinking about women, aren't you? Tell me, with your good looks, don't a lot of women like you?"

Yi Xuan actually lay down on Shen Yichen's lap again, and the blush on her face slowly faded.

Shen Yichen didn't want to talk about his worldly affairs. He gazed at the vast night and the weathered Beimeng Mountain. He was about to enter Yanquan, and he had to face his worldly affairs head-on.

"There's a booklet in Yingzhou Jianying City about me, containing stories about me and women!"

Shen Yichen's voice was somewhat heavy. He took out the booklet and handed it to Yixuan.

"I like the title 'Brother Gua's Private Affairs with Women,' because I love prying into other people's privacy!"

Yi Xuan eagerly opened the booklet, but it was empty.

"What happened? Why did you tear out so many pages?"

"This is my mortal love affair. Perhaps I loved, perhaps we were destined to be together, but in the end there is only emptiness. Perhaps I still love, and still miss, but my heart is empty!"

Shen Yichen tore up the three pages left by Sister Qing. He tore them up when he decided to purify his mind. His heart was empty, and he didn't know where to go.

"It's a bit of a pity, you really are a womanizer. But it's good, the end of passion is indifference, that's the way of the mortal world!"

Shen Yichen was slightly taken aback, and muttered to himself:

"The Way of the Mortal World, the Way of the Mortal World, this is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing!"

"The way of heaven and earth is vast and boundless, the way of the mortal world is illusory and desolate. How many people in this world can reach the end?"

Yi Xuan closed the booklet and quietly looked at Shen Yichen's profile.

"Yi Xuan, you're right. Running away won't change anything. Some of my misfortunes were caused by my weakness. Thank you!"

"Thank me? What is this gratitude for?"

A slight smile appeared on Yixuan's lips.

"Star Gazing Mountain, Star Gazing Platform, what I'm looking for on Star Gazing Mountain is Star Gazing Platform. Do you think that one day when I stand on Star Gazing Platform, I'll ask Star Gazing Mountain for help?"

Yixuan was taken aback upon hearing this!

"Are you out of your mind? This is a bit too much of a leap!"

"I'm about to enter Yanquan. I've decided to change my way of life. So what if I die? I've died plenty of times even if I'm afraid of death. I'm going to ride my horse and explore this world. I'm going to wander around this mortal realm with a light song!"

"Tch, after all that talk, you still just want to join a brothel and become a robber. But to the Ji family, women in the martial world are just prostitutes in brothels, and men in the martial world are just targets for the Ji family to rob. They're all a bunch of people who don't understand any rules!"

Shen Yichen chuckled silently!

"Yi Xuan, how can you be so arrogant with just one Tianxianglong? Is this thing really that powerful?"

"I rely on the Ji family, okay? This martial world has been peaceful for too long, and no one even takes the young master of the Ji family seriously. The destruction of the Ouyang family in Jianying City is just the beginning, and Yingzhou is just the beginning. It has been a thousand years, and the power of the Ji family should sweep across the four seas. This world needs rules!"

Shen Yichen was startled and looked down at Yixuan.

Yixuan's eyes gleamed with an unusual light as he gazed at the distant sky.

Shen Yichen watched quietly for a long time, and finally exclaimed inwardly:

"Could my entry into the martial world truly mark the beginning of the Ji family's conquest of the world?"

"What are you looking at? Actually, your book should be written in blood. Every relationship of the young master of the Ji family is stained with blood!"

For some reason, watching Yixuan flip through the blank booklet, Shen Yichen felt a sense of unease.

"Give it back to me!"

"What's the point of all this? They look at me like that all the time. I think this book should only have my name on it!"

"Get out, I, I..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? You dare say you didn't try to touch my face just now? You shameless bastard! Here you go, but remember, I'll write your name in blood!"

Yixuan threw the booklet away, and it landed on the boulder opposite.

"you……"

Shen Yichen was truly speechless.

Shen Yichen stared at the booklet for a long, long time before finally turning it to dust with a single palm strike.

"You are a promising young man. Young Master Ji has no private matters. The day you decide to leave the Ji family, perhaps you can take this booklet and go looking for your woman. But by then, how many women will you be able to find?"

Yixuan's tone seemed somewhat heavy.

Shen Yichen was suddenly startled!

"The young master of the Ji family has no secrets, Yi Xuan. The Ji family has methods to monitor me, doesn't it?"

"I don't know. Who would know what the Ji family has?"

Yixuan closed his eyes.

Shen Yichen was both shocked and hesitant. After a long while, he said softly:

"Yi Xuan, I have a feeling that someone knows all my whereabouts, and is even luring me forward. Could it be someone from the Ji family?"

"It must be true. The chosen one is from the Ji family, and someone actually hid this fact. I suddenly think it might be good for you to be in the martial world. Only those who are interested in the chosen one will show themselves!"

Shen Yichen looked down at Yixuan and exclaimed in surprise:

"You're saying someone in the Ji family knew all along that I was the chosen one?"

"Is there any need to make such a fuss? Anything can happen in the Ji family. Back then, Ji Xuanfeng was invincible in the Ji family, but he still obediently got out of the Ji family. But I'm curious, did Ji Xuanfeng enter the martial arts world just to find you?"

The more Shen Yichen listened, the more alarmed he became, and the more confused he felt.

"You mean, Ji Xuanfeng also knows I am the chosen one?"

"Nonsense! Ji Xuanfeng's divination skills are even better than those of the current leader of the Xuan Ce Sect. It's a pity he wasn't chosen by heaven. It's said that he was once a shining sun on the Ji family's star-gazing platform, illuminating every corner of the Ji family!"

Shen Yichen knew Ji Xuanfeng's legendary story; he had heard far too many of them along the way.

Why did Ji Xuanfeng enter the martial arts world?

"I don't know, but there's one reason, it's definitely for you. You're really important to the Ji family!"

"Pah! Ji Xuanfeng entered the martial world five hundred years ago. I'm only in my early twenties. Are you kidding me? No, no, you mean Ji Xuanfeng entered the martial world as the chosen one, right?"

"That should only be one of the reasons. Logically speaking, now that he has found you, he should have returned to the Ji family or helped you fight your way back to the Ji family. How could he have let you enter the martial world? How strange!"

Yi Xuan couldn't understand it, and Shen Yi Chen understood it even less!

Shen Yichen and Yixuan fell silent, both deep in thought.

Suddenly, Shen Yichen and Yixuan both shuddered and exchanged a glance.

Yi Xuan stood up and released Tian Xianglong.

"what!"

With a scream, Yi Xuan threw herself into Shen Yichen's arms again.

"me……"

Shen Yichen looked around in shock at the people who had appeared, and a shiver ran through his body. The people who had appeared were the Song family members he had just killed.

Each of them had a flame burning above their head, a ghostly green color, and the flame seemed to be sometimes near and sometimes far to Shen Yichen.

"North, North Mengshanzhen, there really is a ghost!"

Yixuan hugged her even tighter.

Shen Yichen sighed softly:

"Can you stop pretending? I'm really not used to men holding me!"

"You, you're the one pretending!"

Yixuan's body was trembling.

Shen Yichen looked down at Yixuan.

Yixuan was covered in cold sweat, his face was pale, and he couldn't help but tremble.

"Wow, what happened to you? Is it really that serious?"

"Are you blind? There's no one there! They really are ghosts!"

Shen Yichen was shocked to hear this. There really was no one among those people. Even if the corpses were being controlled, there should still be people present.

Shen Yichen took a deep breath and shouted:

"This junior, Shen Yichen, was passing through Beimeng Mountain and has disturbed the tranquility of any senior's cultivation. I humbly request that you appear and meet me!"

"Are you... are you looking for a ghost?"

Yi Xuan's feet left the ground; he wanted Shen Yichen to hold him.