Seeing that Mu Kui remained unmoved with his eyes growing redder, Pu Jie frowned and added,
“Amitabha, Mu Kui, you have fallen into the devil’s path! It’s not too late if you recognize your sins now!”
At these words, Mu Kui was stunned.
The red light in his eyes faded, and a segment of memory resurfaced in his mind.
Back then, he was at the critical moment of breaking through from the lower four realms to the Core Formation stage.
Mu Kui, who practiced body refining, would still form a Core Formation, but it was a blood core formed from condensed Blood Qi.
At the moment of breakthrough, the Blood Qi in his body went berserk, plunging him into a state of madness.
At that time, Jiang Lianyue had not yet joined the sect, Peak Master Xiao Hongyi was not at the Ninth Peak, Lin Mubai was still oblivious, and Qingning was out and had not returned.
In his crazed state, Mu Kui’s rationality was devoured, and he became extremely violent.
Everything in his sight became a target for destruction.With one punch, he shattered much of the ancient forest of the Ninth Peak.
With two punches, the fellow disciples who came to stop him were all injured.
After three punches, even when the elders of the Ninth Peak came, they were forced to retreat step by step, not wanting to harm Mu Kui.
This incident caught the attention of the Hall of Enforcement.
Just as Mu Kui was about to kill a fellow disciple, Li Fadu arrived with his sword.
Li Fadu’s gaze from high above was just like Pu Jie’s at that moment.
Seeing Mu Kui consumed by rage, with an extremely violent aura, red eyes, and blood surging out, Li Fadu’s words were no different from Pu Jie’s.
“Mu Kui! You have fallen into the devil’s path! It’s not too late if you recognize your crime now!”
Mu Kui remembered this memory.
Back then he was eventually captured by Li Fadu and locked up in prison for several months.
But… Jiang Chen, dressed in white, came forward and said with neither arrogance nor humility,
“Elder Li, this is a matter for the Ninth Peak. Since the master is not here, it should be handled by me.”
“You?”
Li Fadu scoffed.
Logically, it should indeed be so.
However, the combat power Mu Kui displayed in his frenzy was several times higher than usual.
Even Jiang Chen would not be his match.
“If that’s the case, then I’ll leave it to you to handle,” Li Fadu warned.
“If you’re not afraid of being killed by him, that is…”
Jiang Chen in white did not reply but simply shook his head helplessly.
He did not try to persuade Mu Kui with words, because it was useless.
In such a state, Mu Kui could only be dealt with by fighting him, releasing all the battle intent and madness in his heart, to return to his original state.
“Junior Brother, come on.”
Jiang Chen said after summoning the spirit sword from his Purple Mansion.
Mu Kui didn’t reply, but with a roar, his towering figure charged at Jiang Chen.
The senior and junior brothers fought fiercely.
At that time, Jiang Chen was at the Earthly Origin realm.
Taking advantage of his higher realm, he had many opportunities to severely injure Mu Kui, but in the end, he held back.
In contrast, Mu Kui grew stronger as the battle raged on, with each punch weighing as heavy as a thousand jin.
The fierce battle lasted for several hours.
When Mu Kui woke up from his crazed state, he was shocked and panicked by the scene before him.
The surroundings were in ruins; the earth shattered, and rocks split.
Jiang Chen knelt on one knee, the spirit sword in his hand broken, his body covered in wounds, and his white clothes soaked in blood.
“El… Eldest Senior Brother?” Mu Kui exclaimed in shock.
Before Jiang Chen could reply, Li Fadu from high above spoke again, “Mu Kui, you have injured your fellow disciples and committed the crime of insubordination by severely injuring your Eldest Senior Brother. Although you are now awake, you are still guilty! You are sentenced to half a year in the sect’s prison!”
I injured my fellow disciples?
And I injured my Eldest Senior Brother?
Mu Kui stood there as if struck by lightning, overwhelmed by guilt and remorse.
Sensing something wrong with himself, the Martial Emperor’s seal intervened again, and soon Mu Kui’s aura became violent, with his Blood Qi surging wildly.
Seeing this.
Despite being seriously injured and struggling to stand, Jiang Chen changed his demeanor.
“Haha!”
Jiang Chen laughed heartily, “Mu Kui, you fool. I merely mocked you a few times, and you lost your mind. You really are an idiot!”
Hearing this, Li Fadu came to a realization.
The elders and disciples of the Ninth Peak had the same epiphany.
In their eyes, Mu Kui was simple-minded, and although his combat power was extremely strong, he would never fight others unless necessary.
No wonder he suddenly went berserk this time!
It turned out to be provoked by Jiang Chen’s mockery.
They had just given Jiang Chen high praise for risking his life to stop Mu Kui.
Who knew the truth would be like this?
“Jiang Chen! How could you do that to Mu Kui?”
“You are the Ninth Peak’s Eldest Senior Brother, how can you take pleasure in mocking your Junior Brother?”
“You have let down the painstaking efforts of the Ninth Peak’s master!”
“Indeed, you are not worthy of being the Ninth Peak’s Eldest Senior Brother!”
The Ninth Peak elders were furious, loudly accusing him.
Li Fadu looked coldly at Jiang Chen and said, “Jiang Chen, the master of the Ninth Peak is not here. Since you won’t confess, then I, the Hall of Enforcement, cannot ignore this!”
“What do you want?” Jiang Chen countered.
“First, we’ll lock you up in the sect’s prison until the master of the Ninth Peak returns.”
“Fine.”
In the end, Jiang Chen was taken away by Li Fadu.
Watching Jiang Chen’s departing figure, Mu Kui felt a sense of disgust towards this Eldest Senior Brother for the first time in his memory.
Not long after, Jiang Lianyue joined the sect.
Jiang Chen was then accused of “peeping” on her while she bathed, and Xiao Hongyi crippled his Core Formation.
Mu Kui didn’t understand.
Why did his Eldest Senior Brother seem to enjoy doing bad things so much?
Every day, people would whisper in his ear about Jiang Chen’s misdeeds and badmouth him.
Mu Kui grew increasingly irritated by these talks, sometimes even getting angry again, as if instinctively resisting.
Eventually, he casually took on a mission, preparing to leave the sect.
Everyone thought he was leaving because he was ridiculed by Jiang Chen and didn’t want to stay in the sect, but only he knew the reason.
Apart from that, there was something more important.
Regardless of the reason for his last outburst, he had hurt many people.
He needed to go out and train to control himself, not wanting to harm those around him anymore, even if that person was his Eldest Senior Brother, who was up to no good.
He also wanted to prove to Jiang Chen.
That no matter what ridicule he faced in the future, he would not lose control again, so that Jiang Chen could give up on that idea for good.
At the gate of the Jiuyan Sect.
Mu Kui left the sect alone, but under the ancient tree in front of the sect, he saw Jiang Chen’s figure.
At that time, Jiang Chen had just regained consciousness from having his Core Formation crippled, his face still pale.
Despite being pale, he tried to smile and said,
“Fourth Junior Brother, take care on your journey. If you need anything, come back to the sect and find me.”
Mu Kui remained silent.
“Do you find the heaven(sky) agreeable?” Jiang Chen asked again.
“No.”
Mu Kui replied instantly, looking up at the sky and saying, “Often, I feel the urge to tear it apart.”
“What a coincidence, I don’t like it either,” Jiang Chen said with a satisfied smile.
He patted Mu Kui on the shoulder and joked, “Mu Kui, I hope that one day, you and I can defy the heavens together.”
“Defy the heavens?”
Mu Kui was puzzled.
The words ‘defy the heavens’ should be taboo for cultivators, yet he felt no aversion to them.
Why was that?
Suddenly, in his memory, Mu Kui saw golden characters in the sky.
【First Life】
And at that moment, his world turned blood-red, and a powerful force dragged him back to reality.
The memory stopped abruptly.
Mu Kui stood still with tears streaming uncontrollably.
He covered his eyes with his right hand, tilting his head back, trying to hold the tears back in this way.
But overwhelmed with grief and guilt, he began to sob uncontrollably.
He was supposed to be tough as a nail, yet now he cried like a child.
These memories, different from his own, felt as if they had truly happened.
In his memory, Jiang Chen had not ridiculed him. His confession of guilt was only to protect him.
Even when severely injured, his Eldest Senior Brother still protected him.
Even when just awakened from unconsciousness, he would drag his tired, pained body to see him off.
“This must be the memory of my Eldest Senior Brother’s past life,” Mu Kui somewhat understood.
Even though he understood, it only made his heart ache more.
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