Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 719: Bewitchment (Seeking Subscriptions)
Because of the existence of the Blood Blade, Pei Yan embarked on a journey to the Hell Plane. Because of the Blood Blade, the Demon Race tolerated Pei Yan's various provocative and boundary-crossing actions. Due to this, Pei Yan gained the opportunity to further increase his power and make his name known across the four planes. If Pei Yan is the hero amongst the heroes made by the times, then the instigator of these circumstances is the Candle Dragon before him. This war he initiated shattered the balance between the four planes, granting the Cornerstone Plane a chance to rise to the top.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Lin Ruxue could not let the other party continue to beguile Lin Junzhao any longer. She shook her duster, and a fierce killing intent rushed straight at Candle Dragon. With a crisp bang, Candle Dragon grunted and stepped back several steps, his already fractured body crumbling further.
Candle Dragon was not bothered by this. Instead, he laughed freely and said, "Do you think I am the kind of stupid villain who reveals everything before the dust settles? Hmm, although I would quite like to do that now, unfortunately, the time is not yet ripe! Lin Ruxue, right now what you should be worried about is not me, but the young disciple by your side whom you are trying so hard to win over."
Then he turned to Lin Junzhao and continued, "And you shouldn't be concerned about whether or not to ally with me. Rather, you should consider whether the other Lords of the Planes will still trust you and cooperate with you after I finish speaking, or perhaps they never trusted you at all."
What a sharp tongue this Candle Dragon has, Pei Yan, who was within his own body, couldn't help but feel amazed upon hearing this. Stirring up discord so openly, leaving Lin Ruxue and Lin Junzhao helpless. Regardless of how their relationship was before, this layer of interests has already planted the seed of distrust between the two. At the slightest mishap, this seed will take root, grow, and thrive, causing the fragile alliance to fall apart.
"Have you finished talking? Now that you're done, you can leave." Lin Junzhao was well aware of the other party's intentions and coldly refused.
Candle Dragon wasn't angry; he reached out and took out from within his body. With a look of agony, he pulled out a crimson origin fragment from within himself. As the fragment left his body, his body crumbled faster, half of it turning to ashes in an instant. With the remaining half, he tossed the fragment in front of Lin Junzhao and said with a smile: "I modified your origin fragment. Over the years, so many fragments have been stripped away from you. It's about time to pay the debt. You can take this fragment as my apology. Your fostered foolish boy doesn't have his own Blood Blade fragment, right? Consider it a gift for him. We shall have a proper conversation when I get the chance."
After speaking, the Red Armored Warrior body occupied by Candle Dragon's consciousness collapsed with a loud crash, a black mist rising high into the sky. After the mist completely dissipated, Gu Shenghui finally mustered the courage to step forward and inspect. Only when it was confirmed that Candle Dragon had completely left did the others besides the two Lins breathe a sigh of relief, all looking at Lin Junzhao in anticipation of her next move.
Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Junzhao unhurriedly bent over, picked up the two origin fragments, fiddled with them in her hands for a while, then stretched out her hand, palm open, towards Lin Ruxue with a smile: "If I accept this fragment from him, will you distrust my stance even more, or will you deal with me before dealing with Candle Dragon?"
"Sigh!" Lin Ruxue closed her eyes and sighed deeply at her appearance, then said with a gentle resentment: "I know this resentment has been harbored for a long time, and although what he said might have been provocative, he wasn't shooting aimlessly. We were indeed at fault back then, and I've promised to compensate you afterwards. Rest assured, irrespective of the success or failure of this confrontation against Candle Dragon, we will not burn bridges. The status of the Cornerstone Plane and yours will be on equal footing with the other four major planes."
"You say equal footing and it's equal? Do you think you can change prejudices accumulated over so many years? Even those fools in the Immortal Palace fostered by you never stop testing my limits repeatedly. If you are like this, how much better can the other three planes be? It's truly laughable!" Lin Junzhao retorted with a snort of disdain.
"Lin Junzhao, there are some things you don't know yet. Do you really think Candle Dragon did all this just to elevate his plane's status and escape oppression? If that were the case, he would already have succeeded. Now, to maintain the balance among the major planes, we don't mind giving you the same equal status. But he hasn't stopped, why? Because what he wants is far greater than what he's said. You don't think he would really give you and yours equal status after defeating us, do you? He's just pulling you into the water." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Facing Lin Ruxue's anxious face as she called her by name, Lin Junzhao's lips curled into a smile: "I don't know what scheme he's playing, but I know that you are really scared by him. It seems that your investigation journey this time has yielded some new findings. What exactly has he done? To frighten you to such an extent?"
Lin Ruxue, her heart hit by the truth, paused with a stiff face, lowered her head, and after pondering for a while, murmured: "I haven't clarified the specific situation yet, so I can't give you an explanation. But if it's as I suspect, believe me, it's absolutely a disaster shared by you and your plane among the major planes. And I admit, the extent to which the Immortal Palace was infiltrated under my watch far exceeded my expectations. This time, I returned just to handle the issue of the traitor in the Immortal Palace reported by my disciple. I didn't expect to find Candle Dragon's familiar aura in the city. Damn it! Now I understand she delayed my main body, making it difficult for me to attend to both ends, running ragged."
Looking at the two origin fragments in the other's hands, Lin Ruxue continued: "Now I can't sway your will anymore, but with what I know about you, I believe you'll make the right choice. Everything that happened here today will remain confined to this room, and no information harmful to our relationship will be leaked. Also, I won't offer ambiguous gifts like Candle Dragon to solidify our alliance. Tell that young one in your body that if he ranks in the top three in this Sword Discussion Conference, I'll give him a reward, and if he manages to surpass my disciple to get first place, I will give him a grand gift, which will serve as the first step in compensating for your loss."
Having said that, Lin Ruxue walked up to Lin Junzhao, tiptoed, and gently kissed her on the forehead, whispering: "Trust me, please, just like when we first met, trust me one more time. This time, I won't let you down."
"Cough, cough, cough, sorry, Sister Lin, she's back into my body." Regaining control of his own body after being pushed forward as a shield by Lin Junzhao, Pei Yan, feeling the warm breath of Lin Ruxue, awkwardly took a few steps back under her gradually colder gaze and responded.
