Chapter 913 Breaking out of the cocoon and rebirth
Along the way, Xunzhen repeatedly considered in his mind how to start the conversation when he saw Liu Xunyi.

However, when she arrived at the Dragon Burial Pond, she found that the dark pond was empty and there was no trace of Liu Xunyi anywhere.

"Could it be that Liu Xunyi has already left?"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Before he could make up his mind, three loud noises suddenly came from the dead silent Dragon Burial Pond, which frightened Xunzhen.

Immediately afterwards, the calm pool water began to roll and boil, and three water columns shot up into the sky like three black lightning bolts, entwining and interweaving in mid-air, vying to reach the sky.

In an instant, the turbulent Dragon Burial Pond was rapidly "sucked dry" by the three "rising" water columns at a speed visible to the naked eye, allowing the sand, gravel, animal bones and insect corpses accumulated at the bottom of the pond to see the light of day again.

Until the last drop of water flew off the ground, three water columns transformed in mid-air into a terrifying dragon as thick as a water tank and ten feet long. It chased the clouds and the sun, circled around the mountains, drove thunder and lightning, and stirred up the sea and rivers.

"boom!"

The roar of tigers and dragons shook the world. Suddenly, a figure was seen as fast as lightning, swimming upstream along the winding and surging "dragon", until it broke through the water and appeared in broad daylight, bright and clear.

The moment this man appeared out of nowhere, the dragon seemed to have completed its mission. It raised its head to the sky and roared, and the air became a violent storm. It then fell back into the Dragon Burial Pond with a crackling sound, filling up the almost dried-up pool again.

Xunzhen, who was still in shock, subconsciously looked up, but saw a tall and sturdy figure with sharp edges in the air, looming and shining in the sunlight.

"That is……"

When Xunzhen, who was full of confusion, held his breath and looked carefully, his eyes gradually adjusted to the dazzling sunlight, and he realized that the figure in the air was Liu Xunyi who had emerged from the cocoon and was reborn, he did not show any joy, but his eyes suddenly changed, and his face was instantly filled with embarrassment and shame.

At the same time, she quickly retracted her gaze, turned away angrily, and said angrily: "Shameless man, why are you not wearing clothes?"

"what?"

Liu Xunyi, who was wholeheartedly basking in the sunshine and feeling the beauty of rebirth, had no idea that there was someone nearby.

Therefore, when he heard Xunzhen's exclamation, he immediately perked up, his face looked panicked, and a ball of chaotic mist quickly swirled around his body, blocking Xunzhen's sight while also covering his own body.

"You...why are you coming here instead of staying at the foot of the mountain?"

Frightened, Liu Xunyi quickly flew to the ground, hurriedly wrapped the robe that was placed by the pond around himself, and chattered incoherently, as if trying his best to ease the embarrassment.

"In broad daylight... a grown man is naked, so shameless!" Xunzhen's cheeks flushed, and he scolded without turning his head, "Do you have any weird habits?"

"Strange habit?" Liu Xunyi answered aggrievedly while adjusting his robes. "In the wilderness, there is no one around. I have been soaking in the Dragon Burial Pond for seven days and seven nights. If I have been wearing clothes all the time... wouldn't it be very strange?"

"you……"

"Okay! Okay! In any case, it was my carelessness. I was very offensive just now. I hope Miss Xunzhen will forgive me." Liu Xunyi didn't seem to want to dwell too much on his embarrassing things, so he bowed to Xunzhen repeatedly to apologize.

"It's my bad luck that I saw you so early in the morning..." Xunzhen's voice stopped abruptly, as if he couldn't speak again. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Grandma Taohua is worthy of being the 'world's number one doctor'. It seems that your injury has healed."

"Thanks to you, I'm lucky enough to have my life saved." Liu Xunyi nodded with no objection. Seeing that Xunzhen was hesitant to turn around, he couldn't help but smile awkwardly and whispered, "I've put on my robe, you... can turn around."

"Oh!"

Xunzhen agreed in a sarcastic tone, pretending to be absent-minded and calm, with a wandering look in his eyes, and turned around slowly.

Today, Liu Xunyi's spirit, complexion, and every move he made were completely different from those seven days ago.

At first, his eyes were cloudy, his expression was listless, and his breath was weak. Today, his eyes are deep and bright, his face is ruddy and full, and his breath is thick and long, as if he has returned to his peak.

"Is this... the externalization of internal strength?"

When Xunzhen saw the mist around Liu Xunyi gradually dissipating, he couldn't help but be surprised, but then he thought that he had absorbed Huang Yangming's internal strength for decades, so it was reasonable for him to be able to "externalize internal strength", so he was no longer surprised. "Thanks to Senior Huang's generous teaching, my martial arts have improved by leaps and bounds." Liu Xunyi looked at his body and said with emotion, "The ancients said, 'Misfortune is the root of blessing, and blessing is the root of misfortune'. I didn't expect that this principle would be so effective in me."

"Good fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. You can be considered to have had a blessing in disguise."

"If you hadn't rescued me, even if I had ten lives, it wouldn't be enough to die." Liu Xunyi said self-deprecatingly, "After this disaster, I have seen through the impermanence of life and death. In fact, I shouldn't have cared about many things in the past..."

"Some things can be ignored, but some things...can't be ignored. Just because you don't care doesn't mean others won't care." Xunzhen interrupted, "As you know, 'the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop'. Your existence in the world makes many people worried and unable to sleep at night. You can not hate them, but they are 'thinking' about you day and night."

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. God didn't take my life because I have not yet settled my grievances in the world."

At Xunzhen's reminder, Liu Xunyi recalled the injustices and tortures he had suffered during this period. His clear eyes suddenly turned cold, and two soul-stirring rays of light shot out like two sharp swords. Even though he knew that Liu Xunyi was not targeting him, Xunzhen still couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

"Liu Xunyi, how has your martial arts improved?" Xunzhen asked curiously, "Compared to Qingfeng, and compared to Luo Tianjin in the past...how has it improved?"

"I don't know." Liu Xunyi shook his head bitterly, "Senior Huang's 'Nine Extremes of Heaven and Earth' is indeed profound and unfathomable, but Qingfeng and Lord Luo's 'Purple Myrtle Divine Art' is also well-known."

"Just talking about internal strength, what do you think?" Xunzhen asked unwillingly, "Seeing that you just performed the 'internal force externalization' easily, I guess your internal strength must have reached at least the ninth level."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi's face was tangled, and he stammered: "It's not that I'm arrogant, but today my internal strength is more powerful than ever before, and it should be better than that of Master Wuchan who has practiced the Yi Jin Jing to perfection."

"That's great!" Xunzhen teased, "With your current status in the martial arts world, if you don't have the ability to save your life, I'm afraid you won't even be able to leave Changbai Mountain."

Facing Xunzhen's sarcasm, Liu Xunyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pouted her lips and said, "Thank you Miss Xunzhen for coming all the way to remind me."

"That's wrong!" Xunzhen's teasing expression gradually faded, and a hint of hesitation flashed across his eyes, but it was fleeting. He smiled calmly and said, "Actually, I came to you... to congratulate you."

"Congratulations?" Liu Xunyi frowned, as if he didn't understand what Xunzhen meant. "Why should I be happy? Are you congratulating me for surviving a disaster?"

"Not really!" Xunzhen shook his head slowly, keeping a low profile. "Compared to the happy event I'm going to talk about, this is nothing. You Han people often talk about the 'four great happy events in life', and now you have experienced one of them."

"This..." Liu Xunyi became more and more confused as he listened, "What does it mean?"

"As the saying goes, 'A night of love is worth a thousand gold coins.' Your wedding night...is just around the corner."

"What?" Liu Xunyi exclaimed, his eyes filled with astonishment, "What do you mean by 'a night of spring'? What do you mean by 'the wedding night'?"

"Why do you think Granny Taohua saved you without fear of death or reputation?" Xunzhen asked, "It was because Miss Pan was so infatuated with you that Granny Taohua couldn't bear to watch her disciple lose her beloved, so she felt compassion and showed you extra mercy."

"This..." Xunzhen's frank words made Liu Xunyi even more confused.

"In fact, the only condition for Granny Taohua to save you is to let you and Miss Pan become a real couple." Xunzhen said in a barrage of words, ignoring Liu Xunyi's reaction, "As for why Huang Yangming was willing to pass on his life's skills to you, in addition to his obsession, Granny Taohua's "strong promotion" was also indispensable. In the past, you and Miss Pan have already been married, and now you can skip those red tape and directly have your wedding night in the tiger's den and dragon's pool. Isn't it wonderful?"

"One thing is one thing, how can we mix them up?" Liu Xunyi waved his hands repeatedly, "Yes, Miss Pan and I did have a wedding ceremony in Yingchuan, but it was just a show. And we had already signed a divorce letter for each other in advance, stating the reasons. How could she... how could she be so infatuated with me? What's more, in my current situation, I can't take care of myself at all..."

"Liu Xunyi, Pan Yuyin's affection for you was already apparent when we were in Yingchuan. Did you really not know? Or are you pretending not to know?" Xunzhen raised his eyebrows and asked meaningfully, "As for your situation... Heh, there are only you and me here, why do you have to be so hypocritical and sanctimonious in front of me?"

"I..." Liu Xunyi was caught off guard by the sudden news, and her heart was in turmoil. "Miss Pan's attitude towards me...maybe I was confused for a moment. But I have always regarded her as a sister and never had any improper thoughts. I guess...the reason why Miss Pan caused Granny Taohua to misunderstand is because she was eager to save me, so she had no choice but to do this."

"A girl who is still unmarried is willing to sell her innocence to save a man. Doesn't that explain everything? Liu Xunyi, do you think Miss Pan is not worthy of you?" Xunzhen's words seemed to be speaking up for Pan Yuyin.

"Nonsense! Gratitude is gratitude, and emotion is emotion. How can they be confused? Moreover, how can emotions be measured by whether they are compatible or not?" Liu Xunyi spoke righteously and freely, "Grandma Taohua doesn't know the reason and randomly matches us up. It's unfair to me and Miss Pan. No! I'll go and explain it to her..."

"If you 'break off the engagement' now, can you live up to the kindness of Grandma Taohua who saved your life and the kindness of Huang Yangming who taught you martial arts? Let's just talk about Pan Yuyin... a girl with a clean background has been toyed with by you again and again. How can you let her live with herself in the future? How can she face the eyes of the world?" Xunzhen's expression changed, and he reminded her word by word, "At the martial arts conference, you were forced by Luo Tianjin's pressure to take out the divorce letter to Miss Pan in front of the world, and called it 'the love between husband and wife is gone'. . You know, this is commonplace for you men, but it is a disaster for women. A woman who is divorced by her husband will never escape the criticism of the world. At that time, you had already humiliated her severely, but Pan Yuyin was well-educated and righteous, and was willing to endure all the ridicule and abuse silently, while you were heartless and unaware, and continued to do your own thing. Today, do you have the heart to reject her again in front of her master? Abandon her again? Humiliate her again? "

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(End of this chapter)