“Oh?” Upon hearing Ji Xuerou’s words, Wu Yan’s Inner eyes lit up, watching Wu Yan with a look that screamed she was enjoying the show. “You should have held back last round and saved the snacks that blockhead bought to eat now!”
Wu Yan felt her voice turn dry. “Xuerou, what do you mean by this?”
Ji Xuerou set down her teacup, her vitreous-colored eyes fixed on Wu Yan without moving. “You know what I’m talking about.”
The atmosphere between the two suddenly fell into silence. In the end, it was still Ji Xuerou who broke the deadlock.
“Before I met you, I once heard rumors about you in the Lingxiao Sect. According to others, you were someone with one foot already in Demonic Possession. But I firmly believed in seeing is believing. The first time I met you in the Secret Realm, I knew you weren’t that kind of person. And after losing to you, I became even more certain. If you were the Wu Yan from the rumors, you couldn’t possibly possess such a pure Sword Intent.”
Wu Yan’s Inner, who had been enjoying the show, was suddenly referenced and felt instantly displeased. ‘What does this Big Light Bulb mean? She has to bring up this seat even now? If this seat had made a move, she’d be beaten to a pulp!’
Ji Xuerou had made it so clear that Wu Yan naturally couldn’t continue pretending not to know. She had never expected that the first person in this world to see through her would be Ji Xuerou, whom she had known for less than two months.
Seeing Wu Yan admit it, Ji Xuerou also felt relieved. She had been worried that if Wu Yan kept stonewalling and refused to confess, she would have to force her to.
Ji Xuerou pointed at Wu Nian. “Because of it.”
Wu Nian? How could Wu Nian have exposed her?
At first, Wu Yan was confused, but soon she understood what Ji Xuerou meant. “You mean… when Wu Nian was absorbing the Qianji Silk Source?”
Wu Yan remembered that in the midst of chaos, a warm current like sunlight had indeed awakened her.
“Correct.” Ji Xuerou nodded. “At that time, my Light Spiritual Power was helping stabilize your form while also accelerating Wu Nian’s absorption, so I took the liberty of transmitting my spiritual power to you. As a result, I accidentally saw some astonishing things in your memories.”
“Steel beasts, towering buildings rising layer upon layer.” As Ji Xuerou described the things she had seen in Wu Yan’s memories, her tone involuntarily carried a sense of reverence. She could hardly imagine that the fragile, tiny humans in Wu Yan’s memories could have built so many things far beyond her imagination.
“So, you also saw the old me?” Wu Yan understood her underlying meaning.
“Yes. You are not a native of this world, but came from a world full of fantasy, one that has taken a completely different path of development from ours.”
“And you…” Wu Yan started to say something, but was cut off by Ji Xuerou before she could finish.
“Who you were before doesn’t matter. What matters is who you are now.”
Ji Xuerou’s words stirred something in Wu Yan. Was it really possible that someone, after knowing what she originally was, would still be willing to accept her?
“However.” Ji Xuerou’s tone suddenly turned serious as she stared intently into Wu Yan’s ink-black eyes. “What exactly is the deal with the Wu Yan in your memories?”
Wu Yan didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she turned to seek Wu Yan’s Inner’s opinion. “Can I tell her?”
If she disagreed, Wu Yan wouldn’t explain.
‘Hmph. Whatever. They’re all things that haven’t happened yet. It’s not like this Big Light Bulb could come looking for trouble with this seat over something that doesn’t exist.’
So, with Wu Yan’s Inner’s consent, Wu Yan told Ji Xuerou everything in detail. Of course, she concealed certain secret matters—for example, that Wu Yan’s Inner might have been influenced by the Ouroboros organization in her previous life. Before she investigated further, she couldn’t jump to conclusions.
“So, right now, hidden inside your body is the Demon Venerable from your past life, who burned, killed, looted, and committed every evil?” Ji Xuerou’s gaze suddenly sharpened, and her blazing Light Spiritual Power also began to seethe.
“Yes,” Wu Yan nodded.
“Telling me all this… aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you?”
“I trust you.”
The tips of Ji Xuerou’s ears involuntarily turned red. When Wu Yan said, “I trust you,” in her cold, clear voice, it struck her heart like a heavy hammer. Especially after learning that Wu Yan and Wu Yan’s Inner were not the same person, an uncontrollable sense of elation kept bubbling up inside her. She really hadn’t misjudged this person.
“But how can you guarantee that she won’t come out and harm others?” Suppressing those inexplicable emotions, Ji Xuerou tried to stay composed as she pressed Wu Yan further.
‘Tch. This woman is really annoying. She can’t go three sentences without mentioning this seat! And ‘harm others’? Being targeted by this seat is their blessing!’ Wu Yan’s Inner remained dissatisfied.
But Wu Yan seemed to see right through her heart. Every explanation made her heart tremble involuntarily. “That’s why I came to you, Xuerou. I need you.”
Ji Xuerou knew that Wu Yan’s real intention was to ask her to keep watch over her. But hearing Wu Yan’s explanation, which was so open to misinterpretation, still made her face flush.
“What’s wrong, Xuerou? Are you alright?”
“I’m fine!” Ji Xuerou quickly shook her head, casting aside those messy thoughts. “Does anyone else know about this besides me?”
“No, you’re the first.”
“By the way, Xuerou, it’s best not to mention this to anyone else.”
“I understand.”
Indeed, just one of these things—Rebirth or Transmigration—would be enough to shake the world. And now, both had happened to Wu Yan at the same time. If Ji Xuerou hadn’t personally seen it all in Wu Yan’s memories, she probably wouldn’t have believed it was true even at the point of death.
“Wu Yan, I will stay by your side and keep watch over you.”
“Yes, I look forward to working with you.”
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Demonic Chi filled the air, and roars rose frequently.
Among the broken walls and ruins, a pool of blood surprisingly lay hidden.
A slender arm suddenly stretched out from the blood pool. On the fair skin were several cracks. As blood slid over them, the cracks abruptly opened, revealing pupils of various colors.
“The plan to invade Medicine King Valley has failed.”
“As expected.” A deep voice rumbled from the bottom of the pool.
“Well, after all, we didn’t tell that fool that even my two Incarnations failed.” Another person emerged from the blood pool, their voice dripping with schadenfreude. “But even so, it’s disappointing that they couldn’t shake Medicine King Valley in the slightest,” said the owner of the arm coldly.
“You actually expected those ants to accomplish anything? Don’t forget, even you couldn’t do it twenty years ago~” The other person seemed to have a grudge against them, always finding a way to retort no matter what they said.
“You!”
“Alright, stop arguing!” The deep voice sounded again, interrupting them. “At least we got the result we wanted. On Wu Yan’s body… there is a part of That Lord!”