LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 269: Look at You, How Much Fake Wine Have You Drunk?
Chapter 269: Look at You, How Much Fake Wine Have You Drunk?
After absorbing all of Wang Yanran’s cultivation, Lin Fengmian didn’t wander around aimlessly. Instead, he entered a secret chamber and began secluding himself in order to consolidate his cultivation.
Throughout the next day, however, he was a bit distracted. It was already the third day, and tonight the Twin Fish Pendant would light up again.
After enduring the wait, as night fell, Lin Fengmian watched the pendant glow once again. He repeatedly called out to Luo Xue from the other side.
But no matter how much he called out, Luo Xue didn’t respond.
Lin Fengmian couldn’t help but feel a bit frustrated.
“Luo Xue, answer me already!”
“We agreed to go together to deal with the Heaven Soaring Sword Saint. Why did you leave me halfway?”
“I’ve only done half of my job, and you won’t even let me finish? This is too much.”
A thousand years ago, in a small cave a thousand miles away from Chongming City:
Luo Xue had carved out the cave with Jun Yunshang, then meticulously set up the formation.
“We’ll rest here tonight. Tomorrow, we will enter the city.”
As she spoke, Luo Xue slowly walked into the cave.
Jun Yunshang stretched out her hand and asked, “Are you injured?”
Earlier that day, they had encountered the Great Prince and the Seventh Prince’s men, but Luo Xue had dealt with them effortlessly, as if slicing through melons and vegetables.
Luo Xue paused, her voice indifferent. “No.”
Watching her disappear deeper into the cave, Jun Yunshang couldn’t help but purse his lips in frustration.
A misty veil covered her beautiful eyes, and soon tears streamed down her face. The sight of a woman crying was enough to make anyone’s heart tremble.
“Young Master Ye is really angry with me.”
Ever since that day, Young Master Ye had barely spoken to her, nor had he smiled at her.
Although he still took care of her physical needs, even more meticulously than before, he had become distant, like a stranger.
His eyes seemed to be filled with endless thoughts and melancholy. He would often stare at the distant mountains, his gaze lonely and far off.
Whenever he drank from the mountain spring, his solitary figure made Jun Yunshang’s heart ache.
It was as if he wasn’t drinking water, but something indescribable – the loneliness within him.
No matter how Jun Yunshang tried to cheer him up or talk to him, he would only respond coldly, maintaining a distant, unapproachable demeanor.
He truly could not forgive her, his arch-enemy.
After all, she was the one who had caused the destruction of his home city, the death of his people, and the loss of his family and wife.
That was the truth.
She had kept this from him all along. He must hate her deeply right now.
In the cave, Luo Xue also felt a bit helpless. In truth, she wasn’t angry, nor did she have any particular issue with Jun Yunshang.
She just didn’t want to get too close to her and didn’t know how to interact with her.
Luo Xue was different from Lin Fengmian. She had always been very clear about her purpose.
She was here to kill her father, the Emperor, and would ultimately become the murderer of Jun Yunshang’s father.
She didn’t want to grow too close to Jun Yunshang, fearing that she might soften and be unable to carry out her mission. She also didn’t want to cause Jun Yunshang to have conflicting feelings of love and hate.
Thus, in recent days, Luo Xue had adopted a more distant attitude toward Jun Yunshang, unlike the one she had toward Lin Fengmian.
However, Jun Yunshang had no idea of Luo Xue’s true feelings. She believed that Young Master Ye was angry with her because she had harmed his family and deceived him into protecting her.
She knew that she had made a mistake, but she didn’t know how to explain it, and Luo Xue didn’t give her the chance.
Jun Yunshang’s pitiful gaze made Luo Xue feel uneasy, but her attitude only grew colder.
She couldn’t let the girl fall deeper into this emotional trap. If she did that, she might never be able to carry out her mission.
Experts battle, and the smallest mistake could cost them their lives.
Luo Xue sighed as she looked at the glowing Twin Fish Pendant. Her expression was filled with sadness.
“Don’t come anymore, I’m fine with this.”
Since I’m destined to become the leader of the Qionghua Sect, I won’t die!
How much time had passed? It wasn’t until the first light of dawn that the pendant dimmed again, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It had been so agonizing!
The pendant’s flickering was an agony for Lin Fengmian, but how could it not be for her as well?
Luo Xue sighed, stood up, and adjusted her clothes, preparing to go out when she suddenly felt that something was off.
Why had her hands returned to normal?
Then, she realized-her Thousand Mirage Technique had failed!
In a hurry, she attempted to use her techniques, but found that without Lin Fengmian, she couldn’t use the Thousand Mirage Art at all.
Even though she knew the technique’s principles, it was as if she had lost the key to activate it.
Damn it!
The Thousand Mirage Technique could only be used in the presence of Lin Fengmian!
This technique was much like the Qionghua Sect’s Heart Technique, which required a “sword heart”. But what did this one require?
An evil heart?
Thinking of Lin Fengmian’s appearance, she felt that it might be something like a depraved and lustful heart.
Just as Luo Xue was uncertain about what to do, she sensed that Jun Yunshang had already woken up outside.
She gritted her teeth and conjured Lin Fengmian’s voice, saying, “I’m going into seclusion today, and we’ll enter the city tomorrow.”
Jun Yunshang, confused, replied with an “oh” and looked at the cave with some concern.
“Has Young Master Ye really been injured?”
On the other side, Lin Fengmian sat in the secret chamber, his mind a mess, staring at the now dimming Twin Fish Pendant.
She really didn’t want to see him, didn’t even want to meet him.
Lin Fengmian felt reluctant, yet powerless.
He forced himself to shake off the gloom and headed back to the Star Canopy Pavilion again, hoping to find some clues.
This time, he was smarter. Instead of focusing on the official records, he turned to the wild histories and miscellaneous books.
After all, the official records had to be reviewed by the imperial court before being published, while the wild histories had fewer restrictions.
Especially, some forbidden books might contain clues or secrets.
Lin Fengmian searched through them for a long time, but he found little of value. Instead, he came across many scandalous love stories and trivial matters.
Moreover, most of these wild stories and forbidden books were unreliable, full of fabrications and speculative fantasies about the relationships of the powerful.
But the heaven did not disappoint the determined man. He finally found a partial record in a remote corner of one of the wild histories.
“On the last day of the struggle for the throne, the heavens revealed a divine kingdom, with golden light flooding the entire city. The entire city was bathed in golden armor, as if an immortal palace had appeared.”
“But soon, dark clouds covered the sky, thunder rumbled, and strange phenomena like falling fire appeared, signaling the imminent collapse of the heavens.”
“After that, Junlin City was sealed off, and Emperor Jun Yan went into seclusion, sealing off the country. Three days later, Empress Feng Yao ascended the throne to rule the world.”
“On the day of her coronation, not only was there a rebellion of three kings, but a mysterious expert also attacked, only to be slain within the imperial palace.”
Lin Fengmian’s scalp went numb as he read this. A mysterious expert? Could it be Luo Xue?
Luo Xue died?
But soon, he realized that something was wrong. This didn’t align with what he knew about Luo Xue.
If Luo Xue had died here, then she wouldn’t have gone on to become the last Sect Leader of the Qionghua Sect.
Lin Fengmian continued to read, but unfortunately, the identity of the assassin wasn’t recorded, and the later entries became even more exaggerated.
It was rumored that on the day of Empress Feng Yao’s ascension, even the Heavenly Fiend Supreme projected themselves and personally congratulated her.
Amidst the dazzling light, someone dared to defy the heavens and pointed a sword at the Supreme.
Lin Fengmian was stunned. These wild tales really knew how to spin a tale!
“Pointing a sword at the Supreme, look at you, how much fake wine did you drink?”
Although Lin Fengmian knew that the wild histories weren’t trustworthy, he quickly searched for the “Hundred Beauties Painting” that mentioned Luo Xue, hoping to see if there were any updates to her record.