Chapter 667 - He’s Scared (1/2)

Chapter 667 – He’s Scared

Yan Tianhen sat down on the ground next to Rong Zhishui, no longer disturbing him. The process of stealing the scroll was rather dull. The strict ancestral array of the Rong Family Ancestral Temple made it difficult for even him to step into, but they were very lenient with their own people. They probably never thought that someone inside the Rong family would steal it.

In addition, Rong Zhishui was the heir recognized by Lian Hua. When he took the scroll from behind Cang Rong’s memorial tablet, he didn’t trigger any security precautions, and naturally he did not attract anyone’s attention. As a lookout, Yan Tianhen did nothing else besides taking a nap on a tree, and they stole the scroll and disappeared without a trace.

Rong Zhishui was worried that the family would soon find out that he had stolen the scroll. After thinking about it again, he actually snuck back inside the Rong family residence and took away the life tablet that could track his location, replacing it with one that could only show whether he was alive or not but held no other connection to him.

Speaking of which, Yan Tianhen really admired Rong Zhishui.

This kid used the excuse that he was training and gaining experience in the Northeast Land’s dense forest to avoid returning home for many years, but in fact, he secretly changed his name and his surname to enter Myriad Dao Academy, which could only be described as “daring and brave”. Even Yan Tianhen was willing to bow down to him. If the Rong family were to be notified of this, he still didn’t know how much chaos it would cause. However, Yan Tianhen also really felt that this kid was full of ideas, could stir things up, and was capable of doing great things.

About an hour later, Rong Zhishui opened his eyes.

Yan Tianhen immediately leaned over and asked, “What did you see?”

Rong Zhishui frowned, staring at the scroll. “Why can’t I see anything?”

Yan Tianhen was stunned. “How could this happen? Look again.”

Rong Zhishui shook his head and said distressingly, “There’s a seal on this scroll. The ones who can read the scroll can effortlessly do so with a simple touch. For those who can’t read the scroll, it’s useless to keep trying. They won’t be able to read it, no matter how much effort they put in.”

Yan Tianhen: “…”

Rong Zhishui suddenly yelled and said nervously, “It can’t be that I stole the scroll and angered the heroic soul of the ancestor, so he has opinions about me and won’t let me read the scroll anymore, right?”

Yan Tianhen’s mouth twitched. “You’re overthinking this.”

Your family’s ancestor has already reincarnated a long time ago. His remaining one soul and one spirit are still in the soul gathering device. He has no time to torment you.

“Ah, it must be so!” Rong Zhishui had the urge to kill himself by running into a wall.

Yan Tianhen: “…” I already said that’s not true.

Soon his vision returned to normal.

This place was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

Jade Ocean Jasper Heaven.

The man with a snake body coiled around the Jianmu tree, slowly opened his misty light-colored eyes. Yan Tianhen felt his heart palpitating suddenly, but his feet seemed to be firmly grasped by something, unable to move away.

“Lingyu.” The man’s pale but graceful lips opened and closed lightly, and called out a name that made Yan Tianhen tremble.

Yan Tianhen barely held his figure, raising his eyes to the man whose eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, and said, “Cang Rong.”

Cang Rong said, “You’ve come.”

“You can actually recognize me.”

Cang Rong looked at him and said, “This seal can only be opened by you and Chang Sheng. I had hoped that the one to come here would be Chang Sheng.”

Yan Tianhen took a deep breath, looked at Cang Rong, with anger, and said, “You once promised me that you would never mention the things you shouldn’t have known, and they would rot in your stomach forever, but what are you doing now? Cang Rong, you should not leave this hidden danger. You are not helping me, you are harming me!”

Cang Rong was a very cold man, and he was only gentle when things involved Lian Hua. Cang Rong looked down at him from above. His calm eyes met Yan Tianhen’s eyes, which burned with anger. Cang Rong met his gaze without fear. “Lingyu, among all the disciples of the Spirit Sect, you are the most courageous, the most temperamental, and the most fierce. You shouldn’t have been the one who was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the world’s righteousness, but in the end, you still chose to be that blade.”

Cang Rong’s voice was extremely indifferent, “The word ‘love’ has harmed people since ancient times. Lingyu, I only know a part of the story but not the whole story. But I dare to guess that your actions and your choices were related to Chang Sheng.”

“Don’t presume to guess without any basis.” Yan Tianhen turned pale and clenched his fist. “Even if Dao Zu decided to have me become the blade to slaughter the evil Qi cultivators with, it still has absolutely nothing to do with Shixiong. It never had anything to do with him.”

Cang Rong looked at his anger, but he smiled softly and said: “I don’t care whether it was related to him or not. But you have to know it in your heart. Lingyu, do you know why Chang Sheng failed to ascend in the end, even though he accumulated many merits and virtues by slaughtering the demons and exterminating the evil Qi cultivators?”

Yan Tianhen gave a pause and said, “Because Jianmu cut off his roots and severed the path of ascension to the upper realm.”