Chapter 353 - The Person He Loathed (1/2)
Jinde sighed. There was nothing he could do about Jin Ling running around so leaving the Yun Zou Sect was out of the question. As much as he wanted to meet Chun Yin sooner it was too dangerous.
”I'm afraid I can't do much from here. Go and tell him to ask for help in the Nine Heavens. There are ascended deities there that lived in the human realm before. One of them should know about the kind of array that is connected to the secret realm and they naturally have higher strength than someone who hasn't ascended yet. Breaking that array without harming the realm shouldn't be an issue.”
”Ascended deities …” Zhangsun Xun Yi nodded. He had always postponed ascending for the sake of the Yun Zou Sect. Now they actually needed someone who had ascended before and he was unable to help his disciple because of his prior decision. Not that Qiu Ling truly was his disciple.
”They were once human, after all. That is an advantage in this case. I know about the arrays in the dragon realm but those from here are mostly unknown to me. It could be that I wouldn't even recognize the array and would need to expand a lot of time to research it. I'm sure Qiu Ling wouldn't want to wait that long.”
”Yes, I doubt that, too.”
”So, an ascended deity is the best match for this task.”
”Then I'll go and tell him.” Zhangsun Xun Yi stood up and nodded. He didn't leave immediately though. ”About that Jin Ling … Is there really nothing I can do to make sure he won't come trouble you?”
Jinde shook his head. ”If you tried, you'd just be accomplishing the opposite. He didn't find anything in the secret realm so he might have given up. If he comes back … Well, he can't search the whole sect on his own.” Jinde lowered his gaze. There was still the possibility of Jin Ling mobilizing his men though but he didn't want to worry the Grandmaster. He had done a lot for him already when he took him in.
Zhangsun Xun Yi nodded again. ”Alright, then I won't do anything. Please notify me if you need help with anything else though. Sect Master Yuchi would certainly try to help you, too.” With that, he finally left.
Jinde stayed in the study and sighed. ”Ah, I still can't believe you became the demon king. Just what happened to the cute child that would always cling to me the whole day? Jian Heng really knew nothing about children.” He shook his head and picked up an empty scroll.
There was no use crying over spilled milk. From the day Jin Ling fell in love with him this outcome had been destined. He could only make sure he wouldn't find him. Maybe … these feelings would wear out someday and Jin Ling would find somebody else to love.
Speaking of loving somebody else … ”Mn, I wonder what happened to Xin Lan. Is he still with him? Or did he run away already?”
The corners of his mouth lifted a bit when he thought about that man. Ah, he could imagine how it would play out with these two together. Xin Lan had probably been in fourth place on the list of people Jin Ling loathed. And Xin Lan in return hadn't been fond of Jin Ling either.
Most likely the two of them would be glaring at each other all day and say some nice-sounding pleasantries that were actually meant to hurt the other. After all, they had had enough time to perfect these skills considering when they started developing them.
Jinde shook his head and picked up the brush to paint another portrait. This time the person emerging on the scroll wasn't Chun Yin though. Never mind that he was still in love, Chun Yin definitely couldn't expect that nobody else had a place in his heart after all this time, right? For that, he was a couple thousand years too late.