Chapter 303

Chapter 303: The Third Life?

"This matter concerns my life. Please step aside, Daoist friend." Lin Qianmo’s expression was indifferent, but her eyes held depth and gravity.

Poison Emperor went rigid; his smile stiffened slightly.

"Senior, I shall take my leave first. You and Daoist Friend Lin take your time to talk." Poison Emperor smiled awkwardly and swiftly exited Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

He had already obtained the information he desired, so whether he stayed or left was unimportant.

"Rest assured, Daoist friend. With me here, no one can detect our conversation."

Ye Xu let out a soft laugh. "Even if They are right before you."

"I naturally trust in your abilities, Senior." Lin Qianmo smiled, but her eyes were profound, the smile fading gradually as her expression turned grave.

"This visit, I wish to request that you, Senior, investigate the details about one person."

"It seems Li Ruoshui’s words have made you feel threatened," Ye Xu said, with a faint, ambiguous smile.

Lin Qianmo’s pupils contracted slightly.

"Senior, you are truly extraordinary." A cold sweat broke out on Lin Qianmo’s back. Previously in front of Ye Xu, she had revered him but never felt dread like today.

Today, everything about her seemed seen through by Ye Xu, leaving no secrets.

"Indeed, Li Ruoshui’s arrival made me sense the crisis." After a few moments, Lin Qianmo regained her calm.

Ye Xu’s eyes showed appreciation.

Truly befitting a reincarnated Immortal King; such inner strength was rare in the world.

"I wish to learn about Yue Wuxian’s details."

Hence, Lin Qianmo hesitated no longer and started speaking. "Between me and Yue Wuxian, there exist deep enmity and grudges. Now that the Immortal Realm faces calamity, a great catastrophe will soon unfold."

"Yue Wuxian might seize this chance to descend to the lower realm and kill me."

Upon mentioning Yue Wuxian, Lin Qianmo’s eyes unusually showed caution.

Ye Xu’s gaze shifted slightly.

"Innate Moon Goddess," he murmured.

Hearing Ye Xu’s murmur, Lin Qianmo’s shoulders tensed minutely, and fear deepened in her eyes.

The name Yue Wuxian was known to very few.

What she was most commonly called was the Moon Goddess.

Yet the fact that Ye Xu could so quickly state her origin and roots seemed terrifying.

After grasping all this, Ye Xu was greatly surprised.

Lin Qianmo’s arch-enemy was actually an innate god.

It must be understood that innate divine beings hold themselves aloft, rarely entangled in worldly affairs, so for Lin Qianmo, a postnatal being, to provoke an innate divine being, with an enmity deep as the ocean, was truly pitiable.

For a moment, Ye Xu couldn’t help feeling sympathy for Lin Qianmo.

Innate divine beings were hard to annihilate. For instance, the Chaotic Immortal King, subdued by the Heavenly Emperor in the Primordial Era, could still reassemble his original essence through his dojo, perishing yet not fully extinguished.

This seemed more profound and powerful than the Primordial beings’ boast of being undying and indestructible.

The death of postnatal beings resulted in true and irreversible annihilation.

"Master, Yue Wuxian is the Imperial Concubine of the Son of Heaven, protected by the power of the Heavenly Dao," said Lin Qianmo, hesitating.

"I understand," said Ye Xu lightly.

Under the protection of the Heavenly Dao’s power, even the most top masters of the art of calculations found it nearly impossible to deduce information about Yue Wuxian.

After all, the most powerful force in a universe was undoubtedly the Heavenly Dao.

Exactly because of this, after bearing the Heavenly Dao’s will, the Son of Heaven could suppress the Heavenly Emperor Li Ruoyu, overthrow the Ancient Heavenly Court, and be called invincible in that era.

However, the protection of the Heavenly Dao was useless to Ye Xu.

The Heavenly Machine System surpassed the Heavenly Dao of this universe, so there was nothing that could be hidden from him about what he wanted to know.

"System, how many heavenly secrets points are needed to inquire about the information of Innate Moon Goddess Yue Wuxian?" asked Ye Xu.

【Thirty-six billion.】

Ye Xu frowned; 3.6 billion heavenly secrets points counted as an enormous sum. He looked at Lin Qianmo and said, "If you can come up with 4 billion Star Yuan, I can help you deduce the information about Innate Moon Goddess, including her weaknesses and vulnerabilities."

"Four billion Star Yuan…" Lin Qianmo’s expression slightly changed. She pulled out the wooden hairpin from her head and said, "This is a branch from the Ancient Tree, containing the mysteries of the Life Dao. I wonder how much Star Yuan it could be exchanged for?"

The Ancient Tree was one of the nine great Spirit Roots of the world.

"System, evaluate it," said Ye Xu.

【Eight hundred million Star Yuan.】

Ye Xu slightly nodded; that was the anticipated price.

Although the nine great Spirit Roots were rare treasures in the world, this branch did not contain its essence, so the price of 800 million Star Yuan was extremely reasonable.

"Eight billion," said Ye Xu.

Lin Qianmo lightly furrowed her brows. Apart from the Ancient Tree, the things she carried were only the Reincarnation Ancient Mirror and the Causation Miraculous Tree inherited from the Tianwai Pavilion as her most valuable possessions, but one was related to a young monk, and the other was her proof of identity, neither of which could be given to Ye Xu.

"Master, can I buy part of her information with 800 million Star Yuan?" asked Lin Qianmo.

Ye Xu clearly understood Lin Qianmo’s situation.

"Okay," said Ye Xu.

He nodded and sighed, saying, "Seeing as you are a regular customer, this time I’ll make a loss-making deal for you."

Lin Qianmo was astonished.

Could it mean the Master was not making a profit from this deal?

That didn’t seem like the Master’s style.

"Exchange the Ancient Tree branch for 800 million Star Yuan and inquire for part of the Innate Moon Goddess’s information," commanded Ye Xu.

Ding!

【Moon Goddess: Born at the beginning of the creation of the heavens, she was birthed by the first moon between heaven and earth, alias Yue Wuxian.

Cultivation: End of the Great Dao, Immortal Venerable realm. (One month ago, with the Son of Heaven’s help, she cultivated the Ultimate Yin Dao to the extreme, reaching the end of the Great Dao.)

Identity: Imperial concubine of the Son of Heaven, lineage of the Purple Palace.】

Grudge: 12 million years ago, during Lin Qianmo’s first life, she severely wounded the Moon Goddess using the Reincarnation Dao, shattered the Moon Goddess’s Dao Field, and sealed her within the reincarnation cycle. Later, the Moon Goddess was rescued by the Celestial Emperor. From then on, the Moon Goddess had been searching for Lin Qianmo’s traces until over 300,000 years ago, she severely wounded Lin Qianmo’s second life, Lin Miaochang, forcing her to reincarnate into the lower realm…

Shoosh!

Upon seeing the information before him, Ye Xu’s expression changed slightly.

"Twelve million years ago? That Lin Qianmo could wound the Moon Goddess?"

Ye Xu felt it was inconceivable.

He recalled that Lin Qianmo only had two lives: her first life was Empress of the Heavenly Edict Lin Miaochang, and her second life was Master of the Red Dust Sect Lin Qianmo.

But she had severely wounded the Moon Goddess in the Immortal King realm twelve million years ago!

Could this be Lin Qianmo’s third life?

If so, why couldn’t he see her complete information?

"System, how many heavenly secrets points are needed to query Lin Qianmo’s complete information?" Ye Xu solemnly asked.

"[12 billion Star Yuan.]"

"……"

A huge question mark formed above Ye Xu’s head; if he wasn’t mistaken, the first time Qi Ruyu went to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion and requested to check Lin Qianmo’s information, it only required a million heavenly secrets points.

After some time passed, why was there such a big gap?

"Is it because of the young monk?"

Ye Xu saw through Lin Qianmo’s experiences: the temple that appeared when she was comprehending the Dao to attain immortality, the young monk, and even their agreement—none could escape his observation.

That young monk had appeared twice.

The first time was in the Reincarnation Dao Field, which he remembered vividly.

The second time, he traversed vast space and time, appearing in Lin Qianmo’s cultivation vision during her attainment of immortality.

Moreover, twelve million years ago, Lin Qianmo sealed the Moon Goddess using the Reincarnation Dao.

There must have been a strong connection between those two events.

"To query Nuwa’s whereabouts only cost two billion Star Yuan, but Lin Qianmo’s complete information needs twelve billion Star Yuan? Could Lin Qianmo be a transcendent reincarnated?"

The more Ye Xu thought about it, the more absurd it seemed.

He had actually just been sympathizing with Lin Qianmo!

Now it appeared he pitied the Moon Goddess more.

Provoking someone with such a powerful background; even the immortal realm of the innate gods might not protect her.

He stared at Lin Qianmo, his star-like eyes filled with deep curiosity.

"Senior, is there a result?" Lin Qianmo softly asked.

Ye Xu nodded expressionlessly.

"Daoist friend, let us treat each other as peers," Ye Xu said.

Various clues implied Lin Qianmo was a powerful figure’s reincarnation; if Lin Qianmo hailed from the Hongmeng Dao Realm, perhaps when he himself entered the Hongmeng Dao Realm in the future, they could support each other.

"???"

Lin Qianmo was utterly baffled, her long eyelashes quivering slightly in confusion.

Ye Xu gave no explanation.

Regarding the strange phenomena surrounding Lin Qianmo, Ye Xu had only one view.

That young monk was the key figure, like a lock.

Only after encountering him would Lin Qianmo’s secrets reveal themselves.

One certainty was that in this life, Lin Qianmo was already in her third life.

The grudge between her and the Moon Goddess had originated twelve million years ago.

"Twelve million years ago?" Upon seeing this information, Lin Qianmo was also greatly shocked.

How could the enmity between her and the Moon Goddess span over ten million years?

She had no memory at all of events over ten million years ago.

"What… what on earth is this?"

Lin Qianmo became utterly mixed up, too.