Chapter 303 - Why Did it Have to Be Him? (1/2)
Jinde closed his eyes in resignation. Don't talk about Qiu Ling finding out he was alive. That was something he could deal with. After all, even though their relationship was somewhat strained Qiu Ling had no reason to do anything. He would just know and then do nothing with that. If he didn't have any need for him, he might even completely forget about it over the course of a few weeks just because … well, Qiu Ling was like that. Chun Yin had been like that, too. Just that Chun Yin had done so deliberately while he wasn't so sure about that in regard to Qiu Ling.
Jin Ling though … If he ever found out that he was still alive, he would definitely act out. And considering that his injury still hadn't healed he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. He couldn't risk that.
But what was he to do? He obviously couldn't fight but he also couldn't get away. Who knew if Jin Ling had come alone or brought somebody with him who waited outside? Even if he hadn't, could he really make it to the array and out of the dimension without him noticing? There wasn't any place to hide inside the dimension though. Then what else?
He peeked through the leaves. Jin Ling had already reached the lake and was taking a look around. He didn't seem to notice anything odd and crouched down next to the lake and held a hand into the water.
”Spiritual water.” Jin Ling's lips quirked. Well, that wasn't anything notable to him. Even in the human realm, it wasn't that astonishing. It was probably just a place where the sect cultivated their disciples.
He stood up again and turned around to leave when suddenly, something glinted in the sun. Jin Ling paused and slowly turned back, his eyes narrowed. That glimmer of gold …
He went over and reached out. He touched the boulder at the side of the lake and finally found what he had noticed. He lifted it into the air and examined it with a dazed expression. It was actually a hair. A shimmering, golden hair, long enough to reach below one's waist.
Jin Ling suddenly lifted his head and peered into the lake again.
Jinde covered his eyes with a hand and ducked behind a tree. Heavens! If he had known his hair would get him into trouble one day he would have cut it after he supposedly died! They might as well have burned it in place of his body!
Meanwhile, Jin Ling took a closer look at the lake while his fingers still played with the golden hair he had found. Come to think of it this spiritual water had another property besides being able to help humans cultivate. Well, even normal water would have it or should it be said that this was a property of the dragons instead?
While demons were creatures of earth and fire, dragons were creatures of the air and water. If one of them was injured, it would certainly do him good to submerge himself in water. Especially in spiritual water. So, what he had thought of just now wasn't completely impossible. He couldn't assume based on one hair alone though.