Chapter 840 - 782: Complexity

Chapter 840: Chapter 782: Complexity

"Investigating the matter of Lu Xingyun, how could one not know Zhufeng?" Lin Jingyue said.

Jiang Yuebai quickly added, "I mean, have you ever seen the actual person, Zhufeng?"

Lin Jingyue furrowed her brows in confusion, and Jiang Yuebai hurriedly took out the portrait she had drawn of Zhufeng, then briefly mentioned Zhuo Qingfeng’s situation, and even brought up Xie Jingshan’s altered fate.

"...I once saw Zhufeng’s true form in the Floating Life Illusion Dream Great Array. At that time...he wanted to marry me, and he said to remember him. If it weren’t for my consciousness already awakening then, he might have left an imprint on my Dao heart."

Lin Jingyue scrutinized Zhufeng’s portrait, "So this is the appearance of the Sword Lord Zhufeng, who was entangled with Lu Xingyun all his life."

Jiang Yuebai was stunned, "You’ve never seen him?"

Lin Jingyue put down the portrait and shook her head, "I’ve never seen him. There’s some hearsay about the Sword Lord Zhufeng circulating in the Upper Realm, but no images of him. However, I did see some records about him in the ’Cloud Drifting Legend’."

"What kind of person is he? Good or bad?" Jiang Yuebai pursued.

Lin Jingyue pondered for a moment, "It’s hard to simply define someone’s goodness or badness, but from the related records I saw, he seems to be a righteous figure, with deep affection for Lu Xingyun, and with good intentions."

"Back then in the Upper Realm, Lu Xingyun roamed far and wide to delve into Stealing Dao and Shattering Heavenly Dao matters, visiting major sects and families, as well as reclusive experts in famous mountains and rivers, and consulting ancient books to find Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."

"During those times, Lu Xingyun openly seized many things, thus offending many people and powers, and Zhufeng protected her by cleaning up her mess, tirelessly traveling and suffering much."

"But one thing does indeed seem strange—from earlier records, Zhufeng devoted himself to Lu Xingyun, yet in the year when Lu Xingyun was about to shatter the void and ascend to the Immortal Realm, Zhufeng did something inexplicable."

Jiang Yuebai suddenly felt nervous, "What did he do?"

Lin Jingyue said in a deep voice, "Zhufeng once led a joint assault by Upper Realm experts to oppose Lu Xingyun’s ascension."

"Is he insane? Helping her before, only to stop her at the last moment. Could he be hating out of love?" Jiang Yuebai couldn’t understand.

Lin Jingyue shook her head, "In my view, although the Sword Lord Zhufeng is sentimental, he also bears the human clan’s duty. It may not be solely for personal feelings. In Lu Xingyun’s era, the Upper Realm wasn’t as peaceful as now; the Demon, Witch, and Human Clans constantly battled for territory."

"The Demon Clan first retreated to the Demon Realm, followed by the Witch Clan’s extinction, but the Demon Clan remained strong, virtually occupying one-third of the Upper Realm. If you’ve visited the Taiwei Star Alliance near the Demon Realm, you’d see that Rift Valley resembling a chasm dividing the Demon Realm and the Taiwei Star Alliance."

"It symbolizes the human clan’s first triumph over the Demon Clan, successfully exiling them to the Demon Realm, and that chasm was cleaved by the Sword Lord Zhufeng’s sword. However, he disliked fame and fortune, and it’s said he erased most records of him himself after Lu Xingyun ascended, and then disappeared for a time before reappearing during his ascension."

Jiang Yuebai felt chaotic, scratching her head, her brain buzzing as if filled with flies, causing her a headache.

Originally, she thought Lu Xingyun was a good person, but she had issues.

Originally, she thought Zhufeng was a bad person, but turns out he’s a righteous man.

She figured out Lu Xingyun’s purpose, but Zhufeng’s situation was still cloaked in mystery, making it hard to see the truth.

Human nature is complex, truly very, very, very complex!

Jiang Yuebai removed the veil from her face and took a deep breath of the night’s refreshing air, calming her emotions. Under Lin Jingyue’s influence, she easily suppressed her chaotic and worrying feelings, immersing only in the beauty of the moment.

Suddenly feeling a gaze, Jiang Yuebai turned to see Lin Jingyue staring at her face; she abruptly remembered the little turtle on her face and hurriedly covered it with her hand.

"An accident, just a little accident, not a peculiar preference of mine."

Lin Jingyue raised her hand and gently swept, causing the ink mark of the little turtle on Jiang Yuebai’s face to fall off entirely, twisting lively in midair, then dissipated into smoke.

Only then did Jiang Yuebai carefully scrutinize Lin Jingyue, sensing a breath close to that of a Mahayana Immortal Monarch.

"Have you already reached Mahayana, or are you about to reach it?"

Lin Jingyue moved her gaze away and looked toward the distant mountains and sea, "One last step remains to advance to Mahayana, and this crucial step lies with you."

"Me?" Jiang Yuebai pointed at herself in surprise.

Lin Jingyue turned to look at her, and a sudden flash in Jiang Yuebai’s mind.

"Ye Shiming?!"

Lin Jingyue slowly nodded. In the past, she had returned to the Earth Spiritual Realm as an Outer Body Incarnation to find Ye Shiming’s remnant soul for closure, an issue she once avoided and hadn’t confronted.

Even though she had reached the Peak of Integration, this matter remained as a regret in her heart, a flaw in her Dao heart.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t locate Ye Shiming’s remnant soul at that time and couldn’t determine the reincarnation body, so she stayed temporarily in the Earth Spiritual Realm, wanting to rest a while and think of another way to mend her heart’s regret.

Who knew fate would have her encounter Jiang Yuebai?

Fortunately, she met Jiang Yuebai. Before this, she already suspected the thing on her had problems, and the person who guided her to enter the Dao through martial arts had an extraordinary identity.

If she hadn’t met Jiang Yuebai, she might not have been able to decide completely to remove that thing from her Divine Soul.

Recently Lin Jingyue was most concerned about Cangqingzi. Few people knew that Cangqingzi initially had Five Spirit Roots, but later due to a mountain encounter, she swallowed a peculiar Spirit Fruit and became a Single Wood Spirit Root.

And the Dao Fruit that Cangqingzi cultivated was the ’Four Seasons of Life and Death’ Dao, one withering, one flourishing, one reincarnation, thriving under the Innate Great Dao of ’Reincarnation’ Dao Fruit.

Only when the five great Innate Dao Fruits gather can one attest to Primordial Chaos.

Lin Jingyue took a breath and didn’t tell Jiang Yuebai about these matters, not wanting to burden her psychologically.

Regarding Cangqingzi, she already discreetly reminded her without exposing herself, if Cangqingzi really encounters an issue, the next one would be her.

But the Dao of Free and Leisurely she cultivates isn’t among the five great Innate Dao Fruits, uncertain how the future will turn out.

"...Hold on a moment, I’ll bring Little Green out for you now."

Jiang Yuebai prepared to bring out the long-sealed Little Green but suddenly paused, seriously looking at Lin Jingyue.

"Can you promise me, no matter what happens between you and Ye Shiming, you’ll do your best to protect Little Green for me? She’s been with me since the Qi Cultivation Stage, accompanied me throughout, helped me defeat enemies, and is one of my most important family members."

Upon hearing, Lin Jingyue solemnly nodded, "Alright, I will not harm it in the slightest."

Only then did Jiang Yuebai open the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, immediately a green light shot out, transforming into a long unseen green palace lantern, adorned not only with those two lines of poetry but filled with various little turtles.

Jiang Yuebai: ???

"Worthless Pen, stand still, if I don’t bash you to death today, I’m not Bai Jiuyou!!"

From her Sea of Consciousness came Bai Jiuyou’s frantic voice, Jiang Yuebai quickly closed the Lotus Platform. No need to think; she knew Bai Jiuyou had been miserably harmed by the Unrestrained Brush.

But this Unrestrained Brush was indeed formidable. She feared the obsession of Ye Shiming within Little Green would go berserk, so she used Uncle Fuyi’s Array Plate to seal Little Green on a deserted island. Yet it managed to still be harmed by the Unrestrained Brush?

Suddenly, green light burst from Little Green, and the lantern’s framework emitted cracking sounds as if it would shatter, Lin Jingyue waved a gentle breeze instantly enveloping the lantern to prevent further breakage.

Until that green light gradually transformed before Lin Jingyue into a bloodied Silver Armor General, arrows piercing all over.

"Lin! Jing! Yue!"