The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 715 - 402: The Mark
What exactly has spanned thirty thousand years and made him always regard Yin Jiu You as the greatest enemy of his life? She heard that time is the ultimate medicine to heal all wounds, be they joy, pain, hatred, or sorrow, and they will eventually become indifferent under the soothing passage of time. Then why is he so persistent?
Changtian doesn’t know what she’s thinking and changes the subject, saying: "Moreover, those nine hundred thousand Immortal Demon Soul Powers, Yin Jiu You probably can’t get his hands on them in a short while. He has his own troubles, and these troubles are not small."
"What do you mean?" This truly was a turn for the better. Regardless of the reason, she first breathed a sigh of relief.
A strange expression appeared on Changtian’s face. She didn’t blame him, because after he finished speaking, Ning Xiaoxian’s face also became incredibly expressive.
"His avatar, the one that controls tens of thousands of Soul Powers, has betrayed him."
"What?" She thought she heard wrong.
He patiently repeated: "I said, Yin Jiu You’s avatar has betrayed him and is now hiding with that stash of Soul Power."
"..." She clutched her head, suddenly feeling like her intelligence wasn’t enough, her mind seemed to be filled with flying crows, "Yin Jiu You’s avatar has also inherited the consciousness of the original body! Is this... betraying oneself? Can such a thing logically stand? This is definitely the most shocking news of the year."
"According to Duanmu Yan’s memories, before Yin Jiu You was suppressed, he had eight avatars remaining outside, and those eight avatars’ abilities and strengths were uneven. Duanmu Yan had been in contact with most of them, but the strongest one disappeared without a trace over four thousand years ago. Duanmu Yan couldn’t be sure if he had died or betrayed, but every time there were unclaimed wandering souls on the battlefields of the North, someone would take them away ahead of others. This suggests a high possibility that he concealed himself."
She stood up with a start, pacing back and forth several times before she could barely suppress the tumult in her heart. Looking up, she said: "You mean to say, aside from Yin Jiu You himself, there are still seven of his avatars wandering around outside?!" No wonder she could hear news about him everywhere. It turns out that this man really made waves in the Southern Continent just by using a few avatars.
"No. Six." Changtian shook his head, "Another one also vanished, about a thousand years ago. Duanmu Yan suspects he’s dead."
"What makes you think he’s dead? Maybe the two traitorous fellows have teamed up."
"That is of course a possibility. However, the last message from the second avatar before he disappeared came from the East Sea. It was so short it only had three words: ’Farewell forever’."
She joked: "Sounds like he got desperate and threw himself into the sea. By the way, since the Soul Power was stolen, why didn’t the other avatars find a way to stop this war to avoid benefiting others?"
"Silly girl!" He laughed at her comment, "War is not like you imagine, where you can stop it just by saying so. The accumulated hatred, bitterness, and passion will continue to push the war forward. Yin Jiu You only played a role in stirring things up, then watched the situation in the North deteriorate like a snowball getting bigger, until in the end even he himself was helpless to stop it. It’s like that... Pandora’s box you once told me about, which can be opened by human effort. But what happens after is left to fate."
"However, after years of investigation, Duanmu Yan and the others still found some clues of the boss." He used "the boss" to refer to the strongest avatar of Yin Jiu You, "So they tracked him all the way here. Evidence shows that the boss avatar once appeared in Qianjin Hall. Therefore, Duanmu Yan also came to the Desert City of Kashna, well, almost at the same time as you. Later, he got involved with the daughter of Gold Storage Tower’s Building Owner Chun Ru Hai, Chun Yijing, and learned a lot of internal secrets of Qianjin Hall..."
"Hold on a second!" She interrupted, "Chun Yijing? How did he get involved with her? He was in Kashna City at the same time as us, could it be..."
He nodded: "Although you drove away Chen Ding, Duanmu Yan came right after. Chun Yijing’s innocence still ended up in his hands. Afterwards, she was completely obedient to him, telling him many secrets of Qianjin Hall’s Desert Division. Later, when he heard the news that Hidden Stream had successfully propagated the Dragon Elephant Fruit, he followed the trail all the way here."
That was close, truly a narrow escape! Ning Xiaoxian patted her chest, relieved. It doesn’t matter whom Chun Yijing followed, she had done all she could. Thankfully, Tu Jin was experienced and had erased Chun Yijing’s memories first. Otherwise, her taking the Spectrum Mirror would definitely have been known by Duanmu Yan, and then they would never have peace.
