Chapter 1714
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Chapter 1714: Secret Records of the Evil-Suppressing Bureau
Looking at the blushing Jialan in front of him, Lin Qiye froze in place.
“You won’t change your mind, will you?” Seeing Lin Qiye stunned, Jialan immediately punched him in the chest, her cheeks burning red.
“Of course not.” Lin Qiye came back to his senses, unable to control the smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. “So it’s settled then. Two thousand years from now, I will definitely come to marry you.”
“Do you promise?”
“I promise. Should I call Chloe over now to establish a sacred covenant?”
“This is between the two of us, why call her over?” Jialan pretended to be fierce as she waved her fist. “If I find out you’ve changed your mind when the time comes, even if you run to the ends of the earth, I’ll still beat you up!”
“Alright, alright.” The smile on Lin Qiye’s face grew even brighter. Then, as if remembering something,
“By the way, two thousand years from now, my past self will open your coffin with his own hands… he knows nothing about what’s between us, and at that time, I might be… um… rather difficult.”
“Rather difficult?”
“I mean, quite stubborn, like a smelly, hard rock. Anyway, I probably won’t easily fall for you.” Lin Qiye explained as tactfully as possible.
“That’s fine.” Jialan put her hands on her hips, speaking with absolute confidence. “I’ll use my own methods to make you fall in love with me again.”
A series of images immediately flashed through Lin Qiye’s mind… chest-crushing stones, “Seven Nights Obedience Potion,” collapsed bed frames, unreasonable Cupid’s arrows… His mouth twitched slightly, but he still patted Jialan’s shoulder firmly,
“Yes! Do exactly that!”
Jialan didn’t know what Lin Qiye was thinking about and just looked confused.
Jialan slowly lay down in the coffin, her waterfall-like black hair spread across the bottom. Those water-like eyes gazed at Lin Qiye as she took a deep breath, the blush on her cheeks gradually fading.
“I’m ready… Don’t forget our promise.”
“Mm.”
Lin Qiye looked at her beautiful face, as if trying to imprint it in his mind. After a long while, he finally spoke:
“Goodbye, Jialan.”
The heavy coffin lid closed with a dull thud, and the empty hall fell into complete silence.
Lin Qiye stood before the coffin, motionless like a statue. After who knows how long, he finally turned and walked toward the palace door, somewhat lost.
“Lord Lin…” Although Hu Jia was very reluctant to disturb Lin Qiye at this moment, he still asked, “The Ghost Emperor wants to know about Jialan’s past and the reason for sending her to Fengdu. This…”
Lin Qiye stopped, looked back at the coffin, a glimmer flashing in his eyes,
“This matter cannot be linked to me or the Demon Suppression Bureau. Everything about the Immortality Pill and the chess game must be completely hidden… I will weave a false ‘causality,’ and for the rest, you can improvise.”
Lin Qiye raised his fingertip, and [Causeless Cause] appeared behind him, with ethereal causal threads extending from it to wrap around the black coffin.
As the causal threads entwined, five pictures slowly emerged on the smooth surface of the coffin, completely rewriting the past related to the black coffin and Jialan. Even if the Emperor of Fengdu were to investigate, he would not detect anything unusual.
Hu Jia’s gaze fell on the coffin, and he nodded slightly, “I understand.”
“To prevent the Xuanyin Wood from failing to suppress the aura of the Immortality Pill, I will use [Causeless Cause] to build a high wall outside Fengdu, completely isolating this place from causal connections with the outside world. Let the Ghost Emperor and the others know.”
“Yes.”
The causal threads slowly retracted in Lin Qiye’s hand. He looked at his own causal ring and took a deep breath:
“My causality in this era has been mostly resolved… When you go back, help me notify Gongyang Wan and the others not to come looking for me, and not to mention my existence to anyone. When necessary, I will appear on my own.”
Hu Jia was slightly startled and quickly asked, “Lord Lin, where are you going?”
“I don’t know, I’ll just go wherever… I haven’t decided on the content of the remaining two [Covenants], and for a long time to come, I may need to focus on this matter.”
Lin Qiye waved his hand and walked out of the palace, his cyan robe fluttering slightly,
“See you in the future, Hu Jia.”
Watching Lin Qiye’s departing figure, Hu Jia sighed helplessly and bowed deeply:
“Farewell, Lord Lin.”
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“In the second year of Yuanding, Huo Qubing, the Chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau, salvaged a huge stone from the Eastern Sea abyss. At the suggestion of a friend via letter, he had it shaped into a stele, named ‘Memorial Stele,’ and placed it in the Demon Suppression Bureau to commemorate all generations of members.”
“…”
“In the same year, Huo Qubing, the first Chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau, died of illness. The whole court mourned, and the second Chief, Gongyang Wan, presided over his burial and ordered all members of the Demon Suppression Bureau to wear mourning clothes for a year.”
“…”
“In the third year of Yuanding, the Demon Suppression Bureau expanded to one hundred and twelve members. The second Chief, Gongyang Wan, established the ‘Three Major Departments’ and built the ‘Repentance Tower’ on the back mountain to imprison evil abnormal practitioners captured by the Bureau.”
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“In the second year of Tianhan, Gongyang Zhuo, a member of the Demon Suppression Bureau, left to challenge beyond the sixth boundary at Penglai, and his whereabouts became unknown. The second Chief, Gongyang Wan, mobilized the entire Bureau to search for him at sea, but still found no trace. In the same year, a deity allegedly visited the Demon Suppression Bureau, talked with Chief Gongyang Wan for a long time, and then left on a cloud.”
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“In the second year of Yuanping, Zhan Yuwu, the head of the Heaven Department of the Demon Suppression Bureau, died in battle. Hu Jia, the head of the Human Department, was ordered to search for his body but found nothing. Chief Gongyang Wan personally presided over the burial of his symbolic grave.”
“…”
“In the first year of Benshi, Yan Zhong, the head of the Earth Department, died of illness. Before his death, the sound of an ocarina echoed throughout the Demon Suppression Bureau, after which Chief Gongyang Wan personally presided over his burial.”
“…”
“In the second year of Dijie, Hu Jia, the head of the Human Department, passed away. Chief Gongyang Wan personally presided over his burial.”
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“In the first year of Chushi, Wang Mang usurped the Han throne and established himself as the emperor of the New Dynasty. He led people to the Demon Suppression Bureau, intending to requisition the office for his own use, but was defeated by Chief Gongyang Wan, who single-handedly annihilated three thousand soldiers, beat him to near death with her fists, and drove him down the mountain.”
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“In the second year of the New Dynasty, Wang Mang led thirty thousand troops to besiege the Demon Suppression Bureau, but they were all annihilated by Chief Gongyang Wan. Wang Mang was beaten to near death with her fists and driven down the mountain.”
“…”
“In the same year, Chief Gongyang Wan led the Demon Suppression Bureau to retreat from the human world, relocating to the bottom of a cliff in the Changbai Mountains. From then on, people gradually forgot about the existence of the Demon Suppression Bureau…”
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—From “The Secret Records of the Demon Suppression Bureau.”
