The Husband Was Once The Long Aotian

T/N: This chapter was translated by Elysian Pit. I DO NOT own the translation and all credit goes to the original translator. I’ve picked up this novel to continue from where the previous translator left. Thank you ❤️❤️

“Gather the Aura of the Earth and turn into Thunder! By the orders of God, punish all Evil! Form an Array!

“Ten thousand Swords are united by the entourage of the Heart of the Sword! Come forth!”

……

Jian Xingzi sat on the ground, smashing down one array after another. 666, who was in his Sea of Consciousness, panicked at first, but only watched him like one watching an idiot later.

“Daoist Monarch.”

666 was weary from watching him, so it whispered in a low voice, “Just give up. We’re not in the same dimension. Stop wasting your energy.”

Jian Xingzhi ignored 666. Though, he was indeed a little tired. He bent over and put his hand on his knees, panting lightly. Then, he began to ponder.

He had attempted all the ways to explore his Sea of Consciousness but he could not see nor touch this so-called System. However, this ‘System’ could talk to him and show him things. It says ‘Dimension’ something… what is dimension?? Is it another world?

Jian Xingzhi’s brain worked hard. Meanwhile, 666 yawned, utterly helpless with him.

Jian Xingzhi heard 666’s sound. He mulled it over and simply decided to meditate. He restarted his search for 666 in his Sea of Consciousness.

When 666 was yawned again, Jian Xingzhi condensed the primordial spirit of his Sword and aimed it fast at the source of the sound.

The Sword Intent* slashed straight to the edge of the Sea of Consciousness. It was actually a dangerous move on his part. If it was not stopped and crashed in his Sea of Consciousness, his Sea of Consciousness would inevitably be severely damaged. Yet, after a loud bang, his Sea of Consciousness remained intact. It was deathly still. Even the yawning sounds faded, making the surrounding area quiet.

Jian Xingzhi realized something. He galloped in the direction where the sword had just struck and he discovered that the place he thought was the ‘edge’ of his Sea of Consciousness was retreating wildly at a faster speed than he could track.

This is not the edge of his Sea of Consciousness!

Jian Xingzhi instantly comprehended that the so-called Dimension said by the System may truly be another world and that world was connected to him by his Sea of Consciousness. Most likely, there was a barrier between them. This barrier was disguised as the edge of his Sea of Consciousness. The System could see through the barrier, but he couldn’t. That meant, as long as the barrier was split……

Jian Xingzhi condensed his sword again. 666 had enough of it and shouted, “Daoist Monarch! If you have something to say, use your words, don’t use brute force!”

“What if I want to?”

“Daoist Monarch,” 666 quivered, “I’m just saying this, but you don’t want to experience another Heavenly Tribulation… do you?”

666’s words made Jian Xingzhi recall the pain he experienced when he tried to stab Jun Shu with a sword.

His heart shook but there was no fear on his face, “Do you believe I don’t dare to kill you?”

“You dare.”

At the same time the sound of the voice was heard, a yellow emoji wearing a small pink hat leaped out of the void. It landed and knelt down before Jian Xingzhi. Raising its small yellow head, it showed its tearful eyes as it pleaded, “Where in the world are there people you dare not kill? It’s just, it’s detrimental for you to kill me. If you kill me, you will lose your chance to go back to your previous life.”

“It’s not that I want to have bad blood with you,” Jian Xingzhi reacted coldly. “But there is one thing that you must not do, and that is to electrocute me like that.”

“Daoist Monarch, I’m merely a worker.”

666 confessed bitterly, “In this world, there are rules bound by Heaven and Earth, and I also have to listen to the rules given by my superior. We can’t mess around.”

“Then, what use are you?”

Jian Xingzhi swung his sword. 666 quickly hugged its head and shouted, “I’m useful! I’m pretty useful!”

Jian Xingzhi’s sword paused, 666 shuddered heavily. “I can help you import data from another world for you. I can help you legally evade the rules and regulations. I can help一”

“Speak human words.”

Jian Xingzhi cut in. 666 halted and changed its words, “What I mean is, I can help you get back all your cultivation base from the Immortal Realm. I can also help you find ways to circumvent the rules. But, in general principle,” 666 stressed, “You are still obliged to act in line with Jian Zhiyan’s character.”

“What is the general principle?”

Jian Xingzhi frowned. 666 was quick to answer, “You can’t disturb the main plot. People who shouldn’t die must not die. Lastly, you must not let people discover that you are not Jian Zhiyan.”

“Then, what’s the difference between that and before?”

Jian Xingzhi lifted his sword up again and 666 shook her head madly, “It’s different! Very different! Daoist Monarch! Look at this way, one if the principles is that people who shouldn’t die must not die, but that means, if they become disabled, it is still considered fine!”

Once again, Jian Xingzhi paused. 666 rushed to clarify, “You can’t let people discover your true identity, but it doesn’t mean you can’t do anything else. Outside of the plot, you are still the Big Boss! I will take care of these things for you and I promise I won’t let the Main System strike you down with the Heavenly Thunder!”

Jian Xingzhi understood and he nodded in satisfaction. “Good.”

In a blink, the sword in his hand vanished into the palm of his hand, “Then, I will spare your life this time.”

“Thank you! Thank you for your benevolence!”

666 stood up and wiped its sweat. Jian Xingzhi put his hands behind his back before asking, “Now that I plan to go up the mountain to snatch Qin Wan away, what’s the best way to do it?”

“How about you pretend to be another person and sneak in, and then secretly一”

“Make it simple.”

Jian Xingzhi interrupted it and glanced back at Wen Xin Sect, “I can’t go back there directly using a spell, can I?”

“Of course, you can’t.”

666 reluctantly wrung out a smile. “Jian Zhiyan is a mortal, after all. You are not allowed to use any spell.”

“So I can only utilize my physical strength?”

Jian Xingzhi furrowed his brows. After a moment of thinking, 666 hesitated, “Or…”

“Or?” Jian Xinzhi’s voice contained a warning on it.

“Dig…” 666’s voice was shaking, “Dig a tunnel?”

Jian Xingzhi was taciturn. 666 sweated coldly and shivered, “If you dig a tunnel, you can avoid the mountain protection array without using any spell. Currently, it is the most feasible scheme for Jian Zhiyan to appear at the mountain gate. Still, digging a tunnel is time-consuming. It is not easy for an ordinary person to dig a tunnel outside the mountain gate into the Sect gate in only a few days…”

“Am I an ordinary person?”

Jian Xingzhi narrowed his eyes at 666. 666 jerked its head left and right within a beat. Jian Xingzhi’s gaze shifted to the Wen Xin Sect and he hissed, “Isn’t it just a tunnel. Watch me, I will dig the tunnel to Wen Xin Sect within a day!”

Jian Xingzhi swore to do it, then he would definitely do it. He took a short break to recuperate his energy. Then, he used a spell to turn the vine into a shovel and immediately started working on it.

While Jian Xingzhi was starting his Mighty Tunnel Project, Qin Wanwan was ready for sleep. She just laid on the bed when she heard the System’s indifferent prompt, “Host, it’s time for you to cultivate.”

“Ah?!”

Qin Wanwan didn’t believe her ears, “Cultivate?”

“Yes, you heard it right.”

The System confirmed, “As the great female lead, you have strict regulations and tasks. If there is no task, then you must at least cultivate for six shichen*. Your body had not recovered before, but now, you have recovered! You must start to work hard!”

[时辰 – shí chen. 1 shichen = 2 hours.]

“Six shichen… Isn’t that twelve hours?!”

Qin Wanwan cursed, “Do you think I am a labour worker?!”

“A worker doesn’t necessarily work for twelve hours.”

The System said with righteousness and strictness, “We are a very humane System.”

Qin Wanwan: “……”

“Quick, start it,” The System urged, “If you don’t cultivate for enough time, there would be 10,000 volts of electric shock waiting for you……”

“Roger, Sir!”

The moment Qin Wanwan heard ‘10,000 volts’, she fixed her clothes at once. Without passion or willingness, she guaranteed, “I will cultivate! I will start cultivating right away!”

She sat cross-legged on the bed and began to recall the things her mother had taught her. Still, in the end, in the Immortal Realm, she could only cultivate her physique and couldn’t cultivate her mind.

In this cultivation world, Qin Wan’s physique could be said to be a perfect immortal physique. Although she, Qin Wanwan, was born with an Immortal body in the Immortal Realm, she had no Spiritual Roots nor did she have a Golden Core. Her parents created a ‘Fake Core’ for her with lots of spiritual treasure. However, a fake was ultimately a fake. Her Golden Core was far inferior to those who have a real Golden Core.

And now, she merely used some Mind Cultivation Method from the Immortal Realm and instantly sensed the Spiritual Aura pouring in.

She had never entered the state of meditation before, but at this moment, when she closed her eyes and cultivated her mind, she entered it and lost track of the time.

She was in a trance, as if wandering in a dream. Just like the previous dream, she vaguely heard a dragon chant. She looked around and found herself standing on an island. Lifting her head, she saw a flight of stairs connecting the ground to the sky. At the end of the stairs, there stood a sparkling golden gate.

She stood on the island and studied it from a distance. Suddenly, an Azure Dragon poked its head out of the sea beside her and leaped back into the sea.

Along with the dragon chant, a ballad came from a distant place,

“The White Dragon Jade opens the Immortal Gate; The White Dragon Jade is broken to pieces, the suffering of all living creatures; A place where all Swords rest, a place to wait for someone to return.”

Qin Wanwan listened to the ballad with a vacant look. She turned her head and looked at the increasingly large Dragon Core. It hung in the sky like a huge sun, exuding an azure light.

For a whole day and night, Qin Wanwan meditated. At night the next day, a golden light rose to the sky from Qin Wanwan’s room. The whole Wen Xin Sect shook from it.

Song Xinian, Jun Shu, and the others rushed to Qin Wanwan’s room together. Song Xinian blasted the door open and caught sight of Qin Wanwan covered with dirt. Everyone froze in their place. Qin Wanwan unhurriedly opened her eyes when she sensed the arrival of the outsiders.

The dirt slipped from Qin Wanwan’s body bit by bit. Song Xinian was blank for a long time before he finally uttered some words, “Ju… Junior Martial Sister…”

Forcing out a smile, he asked, “You… have built the Foundation Establishment?”

Qin Wanwan had just turned into a waste who lost all her cultivation base in one night. Many expected that she required at least one year before she could recultivate into a Foundation Establishment.

Yet, she meditated only for one day, and voila! It took her only one day!

She skipped the Qi Condensation Realm and went straight to Foundation Establishment?!

Everyone’s eyes and mouth were fixed on her. Even Jun Shu was no exception. He was staring at her in bewilderment the instant he understood the situation.

Qin Wanwan was not surprised by her progress, though. After all, in the Immortal Realm, many built the Foundation Establishment in one day.

She even heard that Jian Xingzhi was born with a Golden Core.

Still, although she was not surprised, she was not really confident with this progress. She scratched her head from embarrassment as she tried to explain, “That… Foundation Establishment in one day,”

She raised her head and gave a humble smile, “Is not a really big deal, isn’t it?”

None answered her words. They all had some complications in their heart.

Even Jun Shu took half a year to build the Foundation Establishment and he was the fastest person to build it.

Regardless, Jun Shu was quick to react. He adjusted his expression and threw a careless smile, “Building the Foundation Establishment in one day, it seems that Wan’er has many secrets that we don’t know.”

“People,” Qin Wanwan showed a generous expression, “Who has no secrets? Just like you like Su Yueli, but Su Yueli doesn’t like you. This secret, how many people know about it?”

“You!”

Jun Shu’s expression warped in an instant. Qin Wanwan turned to Song Xinian for help with panic in her eyes, “Senior Martial Brother!”

“Jun-shaozhu!”

Song Xinian let out a warning shout and the three of them formed a perfect closed loop.

The three of them were in a stalemate. In the end, Jun Shu was the first to retreat with a snee.

“How eloquent of you, I wonder just how long you can laugh in the end.”

Flickering his sleeves arrogantly, he quickly departed.

After Jun Shu left, Song Xinian became aware that Qin Wanwan needed to wash. He directly gave her space and followed the others out.

When everyone was gone, Qin Wanwan rose to her feet. The dirt discharged from her body crackled and dusted to the ground. Qin Wanwan felt a little uncomfortable by her current situation and moved fast to the bathroom.

In the cultivation world, the water in the bathtub was generated and cleaned automatically, and thus, Qin Wanwan kept cleaning herself until she was satisfied with the result. After ten times rinsing the bathtub, she finally deemed herself clean enough and lay inside the bathtub to enjoy the pleasure of bathing.

At this time, Jian Xingzhi had dug a tunnel for a day and a night and he flourished to dig a tunnel to Qin Wanwan’s yard.

He held the shovel and took a little break. Surveying the situation above with his Divine Sense, he confirmed that there was no one outside, before poking the last bit of soil with the shovel and leaped up into the yard.

Qin Wanwan, at that moment, was humming a song in her bath.

Jian Xingzhi carried the shovel. The surface of his face was dirtied with soil. And at this point, his previous appearance couldn’t be seen and one could mistake him for a ghost.

He stood outside and probed Qin Wanwan’s window. 666 repeatedly reminded him, “You have to remember to maintain your image. You are Jian Zhiyan, a male pet. You should be delicate both in your speech and movement. You can’t call her Qin Wan, you have to call Master…”

“You are getting on my nerves.”

The thing Jian Xingzhi desired the most at this time was to kill the System with this shovel in his hand, though it was not an easy feast. For the sake of shutting up this noisy System, he assured it, “Fine. I got it. I will call her Master.”

666 shut up at once. Its task was done and it dared not talk too much.

Jian Xingzhi fumbled outside of Qin Wanwan’s window. He was a window away from her. He slowly knocked on the window, pinched his throat, and began to articulate in a low voice, “Master~”

The flash he opened his mouth, he rolled his eyes and pushed down the urge to vomit.

Qin Wanwan was in her bath when she heard a horrifying ‘Master~’ sound from the outside. She froze instantly. All kinds of ghost stories she had heard in the past rushed to her mind in a beat.

Her mind blanked and she slowly cracked her head towards the window. The window gradually opened with a squeak. A black face covered with soil popped out from the window. She was scared silly and raised her hand to slap that face in a reflex and at the same time, she cried out in fear,

“AHHH!!!!!’

The water droplets shone, reflecting the splendor of the fair skin. Thus, Jian Xingzhi received a slap square on his face in a daze.

Soon afterward, he came back to his senses and realized what had happened. Though, when he heard the voice of disciples rushing in, he made a decision and jumped into the bathtub without delay. He covered Qin Wanwan’s mouth with his palm before she could make another sound.

He propped one hand on the bathtub and covered her mouth with the other. They were close at hand. His shadow towering over her, as if she was completely shrouded by him.

The sound was like a stone plunged in a clear spring, creating ripples in the heart.