Chapter 702
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“Indeed, it was just luck…” Zhu Yushu muttered, “If those two beasts had abandoned the Unicorn Colt and chased after us directly, even if we had gained some distance, we still wouldn’t have been able to escape.”
Upon hearing this, several disciples of Lingjian Mountain looked at Zhu Yushu with displeasure. Regardless of the circumstances, Ye Wushuang’s plan had allowed the survivors to escape unscathed. Yet, as the leader, Zhu Yushu had only thought of himself at the critical moment, without considering the safety of everyone else.
“This is not a place for chatting. Let’s find a safe place first!” Shui Wanrong spoke up.
At this moment, Ye Wushuang pulled Su Jinyue aside. “I promised to save them. Now, you should tell me the relationship between Lingjian Mountain and the Lingjian Pavilion, right?”
Had it not been for this, Ye Wushuang would not have meddled in other people’s affairs. In the Hundred Nations Martial Contest, it was not only about fighting spiritual beasts but also about fighting each other and plundering spiritual points. If he had acted alone, he would have mostly waited in the shadows for an opportunity. If those Lingjian Mountain disciples had been attacked by the two spiritual beasts, and the beasts had fought among themselves, he might have had a chance to kill those two powerful creatures!
Su Jinyue glanced at the more than ten disciples of Lingjian Mountain and then at Ye Wushuang, looking troubled. “Then you must swear that you will never tell anyone!”
Ye Wushuang furrowed his brows. “This concerns the survival of Lingjian Mountain!”
Ye Wushuang nodded. “I swear, I will never reveal it!”
Su Jinyue exhaled, pulled Ye Wushuang to an even more secluded spot, and then said, “Lingjian Mountain, which has been rooted in the Qingzhou region for less than a thousand years, has become one of the seven major powers in Qingzhou because of the three most formidable figures of Lingjian Mountain.”
“These three are three of the twelve elders of the Lingjian Pavilion from the past!”
Upon hearing this, a look of disbelief flashed in Ye Wushuang’s eyes.
Su Jinyue immediately said, “It’s true!”
“At that time… I hadn’t been born yet, so I don’t know exactly what happened, but I heard it from my grandfather…”
“Your grandfather?” Ye Wushuang raised an eyebrow. “Your grandfather is Su Chenyang?”
“How did you know!” Su Jinyue’s eyes trembled.
Su Jinyue felt that Ye Wushuang was just too mysterious.
“My grandfather once told my father, and my father also told me, that in the past, within the Lingjian Pavilion, nine of the elders coveted the items left by the Ling Saint, the head of the Tian Pavilion, and wanted to open them. My grandfather and the others disagreed, which led to an internal argument.”
“This argument gradually worsened, and eventually, my grandfather and two other elders, along with some warriors from the pavilion, left the Lingjian Pavilion, departed from the Central Continent of Tianyuan, and came to this remote Qingzhou region, where they hid their identities and founded Lingjian Mountain.”
“Now, the head of Lingjian Mountain is Senior Si Luo Yi, who has changed his name to Si Yin. Another elder, who was severely injured and fell into a coma when he left the Central Continent of Tianyuan…”
“My grandfather… is also severely injured and is now hiding within Lingjian Mountain, recuperating in peace. But…” At this point, Su Jinyue choked up, “My grandfather’s lifespan is running out. That’s why this time, the order given to us disciples of Lingjian Mountain is to secure one of the top seven spots and obtain the Soul-Parting Pearl at all costs!”
Ye Wushuang’s expression darkened even more.
“The Soul-Parting Pearl is useful for your grandfather’s injuries?”
“Though it can’t make my grandfather immortal, it can at least extend his life by a few more years…”
The Soul-Parting Pearl, a royal-grade spiritual artifact!
Ye Wushuang curiously asked, “Since Lingjian Mountain is one of the seven major powers, why not just buy this item from the Li Clan?”
Su Jinyue said resentfully, “Lingjian Mountain has paid a great price and negotiated several times, but the people from the Li Clan said that they won’t sell it to us unless we explain its exact use. This time, they deliberately put the Soul-Parting Pearl up for grabs, just to spite us from Lingjian Mountain!”
“Oh?”
So that’s how it is!
Su Jinyue continued, “Lingjian Mountain only has one head, Senior Si Yin. The other elder is in a coma, and my grandfather is severely injured and can’t make an appearance. They have been hidden for hundreds of years. Besides us descendants, no one in Lingjian Mountain knows their identities. They are just known as two reclusive elders of Lingjian Mountain.”
Ye Wushuang murmured, “The Primordial Spirit Pill was refined by Si Luo Yi, right…”
Su Jinyue, with red eyes, nodded.
But at that moment, Ye Wushuang flicked Su Jinyue’s forehead.
“Ah! What are you doing?”
Ye Wushuang scolded, “You actually just told me something like this?”
Su Jinyue was taken aback and said, “I… I promised you, and… and I thought you were not a bad person.”
Ye Wushuang, however, said with a bitter smile, “If your earlier guess was true, and I was a chosen successor of some great power from the Central Continent of Tianyuan, and if I was the successor chosen by those nine elders of the Lingjian Pavilion, and if I had reported this information to them, Lingjian Mountain would be doomed!”
Hearing this, Su Jinyue’s pretty face turned pale instantly. She took a few steps back and looked at Ye Wushuang with trembling fear.
