Chapter 343 - Discerning the Truth (1/2)

”Maybe?” Jing Yi blinked. Why did this sound as if Yu Jin wasn't sure? Shouldn't he know whether or not he was in love?

Leng Jin Yu smiled. ”It's a little complicated.”

”Senior Martial Brother … isn't sure if that person likes you back?” He couldn't see any other reason why Yu Jin would answer like that. Well … it certainly wouldn't have been like with Qiu Ling and him back then, would it?

Leng Jin Yu smiled at Jing Yi's weird out expression. He really wondered what he was imagining right now. ”That's not quite it.” He fell silent and looked at the clear sky for a while. It shouldn't be a problem to tell him, should it? After all, it didn't concern the matter of the crown prince's own descent to the mortal world. And it wasn't impossible for cultivators of a higher stage to remember parts of their past lives. It shouldn't raise any questions.

”Back when I was with my first master and in the time after that there wasn't anyone. Even now, I'm not sure. When I came to the Yun Zou Sect I started to see some things that might be memories from my past life.”

”Ah?” Jing Yi's eyes widened and he turned to Yu Jin. Memories of his past life? Like … how that scene he had seen after eating the fruit of the Beguiling Night Tree?

Leng Jin Yu nodded. ”It's just something I surmised. But I think it's the most likely explanation. In those … fragments, something is missing and I think it should be a person. I don't know why I'm seeing these things since coming to the Yun Zou Sect and I don't know why something is missing from them, I also don't know who that person is. But I somehow feel … that this missing part was very important to me once. Maybe it was someone I loved dearly.”

”So you … think about that person now?” Jing Yi's heart couldn't help but thump. He had tried very hard to forget about that man he had seen in that dream in the Hei Dian Sect. But somewhere at the back of his mind he still remembered how it had felt to be embraced by him. He couldn't shake the memory of that warmth and the contentment inside himself regardless of what he did. Was it the same way for Yu Jin?

”I do. Since the first time I saw one of those fragments, I tried to somehow find out what was missing from them. I want to know who that person is and who he was to me. And maybe … find him in this life.”

Jing Yi hurriedly looked away. They weren't far from the next lake on their way to the mountain chain.

Leng Jin Yu slightly raised his eyebrows. Had he said something wrong? ”Junior Martial Brother …”

”Oh, it's nothing. I just … I just wondered how Senior Martial Brother Yu wanted to find out about that person. Wouldn't that be really difficult?”

Leng Jin Yu nodded. ”I already tried everything I can do just by relying on myself like meditating or immersing myself into my inner self but none of that worked. There are still some auxiliary means that can be used. For example, you might have seen a dark-colored tree in the Hei Dian Sect. That's the Beguiling Night Tree. Eating its fruit may lead to seeing a fragment of the past.”

”So, did Senior Martial Brother Yu get one?”

Leng Jin Yu shook his head. ”It wouldn't have been advisable considering the circumstances. Furthermore, the Beguiling Night Tree's fruit wouldn't necessarily be of help.”