Chapter 687 - Clues (1/2)
The emergence of evil Qi cultivators didn’t attract too much attention in the Nine Lands, to be honest. Firstly, the evil Qi cultivator ran out from the wilderness surrounding the Purple Emperor’s Heavenly Capital. At that time, it was only Lin Xuanzhi who could almost catch up to them. Even though the Yan family sent someone to track them, there’d been no follow-up news since. Thus, many people were skeptical about this.
People in the Nine Lands rarely saw evil spirits, not to mention evil Qi cultivators who had never appeared in the Nine Lands since the Great Immortal Demon War. Most people didn’t even know what an evil Qi cultivator was.
Therefore, the existence of evil Qi cultivators did not attract too much attention, and even when someone talked about this matter, the people would feel that they were exaggerating and attracting other’s attention.
Although Lin Xuanzhi sent the Reincarnation Palace to search for traces of evil Qi cultivators, there had been no progress, as if the evil Qi cultivator he saw that day was just a dream.
The divination of Esteemed Lan Yue, who had also calculated the reappearance of evil Qi cultivators in the world and that a storm was approaching the Nine Lands, gave support to Lin Xuanzhi’s claims. Without Esteemed Lan Yue’s divination, Lin Xuanzhi was afraid that not even the elders of Myriad Dao Academy would believe him. However, even though they believed him, no one became vigilant.
This was the most terrible outcome — one where there was no sense of crisis.
Lin Xuanzhi said, “Originally, I wanted to hide my identity, avoid other people’s eyes and ears, and sneak into the Dragon Tomb Holy Land to find clues about evil Qi cultivators. But now that the Dragon Emperor has personally spoken and invited me, I have to accompany Hai Kuanglang inside. I’ll leave the matter of the evil Qi cultivators up to fate.”
Yan Tianhen lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes fell like a half-arc fan, only to hear him say, “Dage, I have cultivated evil Qi again now, so I can be considered half of an evil Qi cultivator. If they’re willing, evil Qi cultivators can sense each other. I can search for him if necessary.”
After he finished speaking, Yan Tianhen found that there was no sound around him.
With a curse in his heart, he couldn’t help but look up. He was confronted with Lin Xuanzhi’s dark eyes that held cold light and anger.
Yan Tianhen, “…”
I’m done for. He might as well not have said anything. Why did he want to seek death?
Lin Xuanzhi replied, “Don’t even think about it. Don’t mention it. If I find out in the future that you have contacted that evil Qi cultivator, be careful that I’ll break your legs!”
Lin Xuanzhi was really afraid that Yan Tianhen would be abducted and taken away by those dirty dogs. He was even more worried that if those evil Qi cultivators were really those people from ten thousand years ago, then they would pester Yan Tianhen after discovering his identity.
Yan Tianhen blinked and tried to make himself look clever. “I dare not.”
Lin Xuanzhi looked at him for a moment, but he didn’t know whether to believe it or not. He didn’t let this issue rest until Yan Tianhen rushed over and kissed him on his lips for a while, acting spoiled.
Yan Tianhen’s heart was full of worries. When he mentioned the evil Qi cultivator, Lin Xuanzhi became hostile. He really didn’t dare to casually mention it again in the future.
On Little Penglai that day, Lin Xuanzhi was alone on the cliff, the night wind blowing against him for a long time. He had set up a barrier around him. Even if Yan Tianhen wanted to say something, he was blocked a hundred feet away. Yan Tianhen didn’t know what Lin Xuanzhi was thinking. He just stared at the man who stood still for a long time alone in front of the pale silver waning moon, and felt a pain like a dagger in his heart. Although the cursed oath was cruel, it wasn’t like he didn’t have any method to get around the cursed oath. Not all truths needed to be expressed in words.
He didn’t reveal too many secrets, and because he was also bound by the cursed oath, he forgot what he wanted to say the moment he opened his mouth. Thus, he used a trick. When Lin Xuanzhi asked, he deliberately made his words vague and misleading. Lin Xuanzhi was so wise that he could speculate he was Youshan Lingyu based on a sword refined by himself alone and by the clues left by Yan Tianhen. So, how could he not understand what kind of person his sweetheart was? Even if he didn’t know Youshan Lingyu, he knew who Yan Tianhen was and what temperament he had.
The phrase “Do you believe that I’m a good person?” and the blood from the oath were enough to make Lin Xuanzhi doubt the past, doubt good and evil, and doubt truth and lies. As long as there was doubt, he would try his best to find the truth.
The old friend had returned, the old enemy had appeared, history was very likely to repeat itself, and all the secrets hidden in the dust in the past would eventually be revealed to the world.
Yan Tianhen lowered his eyelids.
He was scheming Lin Xuanzhi.
Lin Xuanzhi probably also knew this. After all…… He used to be the Demon Emperor Youshan Lingyu, who was full of lies and schemes.
In the meantime, Lin Xuanzhi and his wife were treated very well because they were guests and their status was valuable. Naturally, their treatment was the best. Even if some people didn’t like them, they didn’t dare to dip a toe out of line. Even the Dragon Queen, who was humiliated in public, still needed to maintain the superficial tradition by sending a servant to be caring and attentive, while bringing them additional clothes and warmth.