klisemfg Chapter 263: The Cat's Great Transformation!
Chapter 263: The Cat's Great Transformation!
Chapter 263: The Cat's Great Transformation!
"You...what did you say?"
Finally, Jiang Lingyun snapped out of her shock and found her voice again, "Say it again?"
Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she almost lost control of her sword intent. Su Jinxi could even see the space around her distort for a moment.
It looked like it had been torn apart.
"You heard right, he's still alive."
Su Jinxi raised an eyebrow at her, "I saw it with my own eyes, but he's quite quiet and never speaks."
Jian Xuan remained silent, dwelling within the ancient bronze lamp, focused on nourishing his soul. When he first met Jian Xuan, his soul was weak, but now it was different. Jian Xuan, after all, had a foundation at the tenth level of the Mahayana realm, so he had now recovered to the fifth level of the Mahayana realm.
As long as the soul can be restored to its full glory, rebuilding the physical body will naturally be within reach.
But all this is thanks to Gu Heng for finding him and helping him nurture his soul. Otherwise, Jian Xuan would probably be no different from a wandering ghost in the wilderness, and might even disappear completely one day without even having the chance to go to the underworld.
Therefore, according to Su Jinxi's idea.
Jian Xuan, like her, owes Gu Heng a life.
"Where is he?"
After a brief period of intense shock, Jiang Lingyun quickly calmed down, but her eyes were no longer calm; instead, they were filled with urgency, tension, and even hope.
She knew that Su Jinxi was not lying, and there was no need for her to make fun of herself over such a thing.
But Jiang Lingyun still felt a sense of loss and relief. She had searched for hundreds of years without finding a trace of him. It wasn't until his life tablet shattered that she chose to give up. It took her a long time to fully let go of the past, as if a piece of her heart had been torn out and could never be replaced.
Now, more than two thousand years later, she has received news that Jian Xuan is still alive.
Is this the will of Heaven, or a cruel twist of fate?
Su Jinxi shrugged and said helplessly, "I'm not in a position to tell you."
Jiang Lingyun was taken aback.
"What do you mean?"
“You’re right. I do indeed follow the master of others, and your Grand Elder, or rather the former Grand Elder, was actually rescued by him from a place I couldn’t enter.”
"He also helped Jian Xuan nourish his soul, allowing his strength to return to the fifth level of the Mahayana stage."
Su Jinxi poured Jiang Lingyun a cup of tea this time. "So, Jian Xuan owes him a life."
"So whether he goes with you or not is not up to me, but up to my master."
Jiang Lingyun frowned.
Is there such a thing?
She desperately wanted to know what Jian Xuan had gone through that caused his physical body to be destroyed and for him to be rescued by someone else...
But no matter what, since Jian Xuan is still alive, whatever he owes Master Su Jinxi, she can repay him. In any case, her reputation and strength as the number one female sword cultivator in the world still carry some weight.
At the very least, Jian Xuan is still alive, even if he's just a soul, that still counts as being alive.
As long as you're alive, everything else is negotiable.
“I will meet with your master to discuss this matter in detail, but before that…”
Jiang Lingyun pursed her lips and pondered for a moment. After a while, she raised her head and looked at Su Jinxi, saying, "This is the important matter that brought me to Dongjiang."
"...Ah, I have no idea what this so-called 'Crimson Demon Destiny Star' you're talking about is."
Su Jinxi rolled her eyes.
Jiang Lingyun said that she was the one who carried the karma of the "Crimson Demon Destiny Star," but Su Jinxi had never heard of any destiny star before. It sounded a bit like what human astrologers would say.
She had met the Heavenly Masters. Those people always wore dark gray robes and muttered things like "cause and effect cancel each other out" or "heaven has its own destiny." They were very mysterious and seemed like charlatans, but the Heavenly Masters actually had some real skills.
Therefore, Su Jinxi had no choice but to believe it.
“You don’t know about the Crimson Demon Destiny Star, but what about ‘Crimson Demon’?” Jiang Lingyun narrowed her eyes.
"Red Demon? You mean..."
Su Jinxi suddenly realized something and her eyes widened in surprise. The Crimson Demon.
More accurately, it should be called "Crimson Flame Demon Immortal".
They were the first demon race to "ascend to immortality" during the primordial era.
After he ascended to the Immortal Realm, it is said that even the bloodline of his clan became incredibly powerful, as if it had been nourished by the purest power, and thus they were also honored as the "Heavenly Demon Clan"!
However, after the Crimson Demon Immortal ascended to immortality and left the Xuan Tian Realm, the Heavenly Demon Clan could no longer produce a powerful figure capable of ascending to immortality. Ultimately, they suffered heavy casualties in the "Five Realms War" at the end of the Primordial Era and completely declined.
The Celestial Demon Clan no longer exists in the world today.
The Heavenly Demon Clan was once comparable to the Ancient Dragon and Phoenix, and even surpassed them at one point.
Unfortunately, while the ancient dragons and phoenixes have passed down their lineage to this day, the Heavenly Demon Clan has already faded into the ruins of history.
"...Could it be that your so-called 'Crimson Demon Destiny Star' is related to the Crimson Demon Immortal and the Heavenly Demon Clan?" Su Jinxi frowned, unable to understand.
"But what does that have to do with me?"
She is a nine-lived demon cat, and has absolutely no connection with the Heavenly Demon Clan or the Crimson Flame Demon Immortal. Moreover, the Crimson Flame Demon Immortal is well-known among the demons, but she has no idea about the legend of the "Crimson Demon Destiny Star".
"The cause and effect bearer of the Crimson Demon Star can only be the demon race, and what the Mysterious Saint Venerable foresaw is in the Sun Flame Capital City."
“I think it’s very likely to be you, because I haven’t seen a second demon besides you in the Sunfire Capital.”
Jiang Lingyun coughed lightly and lowered her eyes.
"..."
Su Jinxi remained silent.
Ok.
Although it sounds absurd, what reason did she have to deceive herself? She was just a little kitten, not worth being fooled by the "Ten Thousand Swords Saint Venerable" who was at the seventh level of the Saintly Realm.
Moreover, Su Jinxi, the "Mysterious Saint Venerable," also knew that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Inquiry Palace was rumored to be a Heaven-Seizing Person who could deduce the secrets of heaven. It was said that because he had spied on the secrets of heaven too many times, he had been beaten many times by the Heavenly Emperor, but he was not killed...
Even the most stubborn old demon clan members would believe his words.
Although Su Jinxi only understood half of what she heard and was quite confused, she wasn't too worried.
They don't even really care.
Because, by Gu Heng's side, why would I need to worry about so many trivial matters?
She swirled the teacup a few times. "So, that's it?"
Jiang Lingyun was slightly taken aback, then thought about it blankly for a moment and nodded.
"that's it."
She came for this one thing only. "...My God, what's wrong with this place?"
At this moment, Su Jinxi’s familiar voice came from outside the teahouse, and the owner of that voice seemed to be completely unaware of the tragic state of Yunxiang Tower.
Gu Heng scratched his head and walked into the teahouse. Su Jinxi and Jiang Lingyun looked at him at the same time.
"Was there a fight here just now, and they destroyed this restaurant?"
He saw two beautiful and graceful women sitting in the room, so he decided to come in and ask them something, since they seemed to be leisurely drinking tea.
Unexpectedly, one of the women, upon seeing him, immediately transformed into a small cat covered in jade-colored fur, and then hopped into Gu Heng's arms.
"..."
Gu Heng lowered his eyes and looked at the cat.
This looks like the one he keeps, right?