The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 723 - 231: Her Plan is Also in My Plan
Liu Ji looked at Zhang Biyu, who had come back to life from death. Although he found it hard to believe, Zhang Biyu was indeed alive and talking to him.
Thinking about it now, it had to have been her arrangement.
"Not a plan, just something I anticipated."
Zhang Biyu was still weak, having just died once; her face was extremely pale.
But she still managed a smile and said, "Let’s not talk about that for now. Brother Ji, were you crying for me just now? You couldn’t possibly have feelings for me, could you?"
Liu Ji: "..."
How embarrassing!
Men have tear ducts but don’t casually mention their tears, unless they are truly heartbroken.
He had indeed been heartbroken just now, and had thought to himself that if Zhang Biyu could come back to life, he was willing to pay any price.
But now that Zhang Biyu had actually woken up and seen him crying, Liu Ji felt extremely embarrassed.
"The wind is strong; it’s the snow icing on my face."
"Really!"
Zhang Biyu, who was being held in Liu Ji’s arms, now playfully asked a question and then hooked one hand around Liu Ji’s neck, seductively saying, "Let sister take a closer look..."
Zhang Biyu was the oldest and usually liked to act as the big sister, but this bold move was a first for her.
Liu Ji quickly recoiled, trying to push Zhang Biyu away.
But hearing Zhang Biyu grunt in pain and remembering she was still injured, he stopped his motion and Zhang Biyu took the opportunity to cling to him.
"It seems today’s snow is indeed heavy, even Brother Ji can’t withstand it."
Zhang Biyu saw clearly that those were tears, but she intentionally did not expose it.
Still feeling guilty, Liu Ji quickly changed the subject, "How did you come back to life?"
He had checked; Zhang Biyu should have been completely dead.
And yet, now she had come back to life, which must have involved some method.
Zhang Biyu laughed and said, "It’s simple, just break through to a new realm. As for my physical body, the White Lotus Sutra protected the last thread of life. As long as my soul doesn’t disperse, I won’t truly die."
With this explanation, Liu Ji pretty much understood.
Daoist Master Yuxuan once said that the Defiant Heavenly Realm is about the Unification of the Three Souls, and the Earthly Soul is in the Netherworld, only during the moment between life and death can one have the opportunity to retrieve the Earthly Soul.
Liu Ji had used the help of the Great Snow Mountain to achieve a near-death experience without dying, and successfully experienced the great terror between life and death, which allowed him to retrieve his Earthly Soul and then quickly reach the Defiant Heavenly Realm.
But Zhang Biyu did not enter the Great Snow Mountain.
At the time, Liu Ji didn’t understand, but after hearing the Grand Shaman reveal the secret from a century ago, he could also understand why Zhang Biyu didn’t enter the mountain.
Thinking of this, Liu Ji felt a pang of distress.
Although Zhang Biyu was not defiled by men, the humiliation of being forcibly infused with the essence of a living being and giving birth to a daughter was surely something Zhang Biyu didn’t want to revisit in this heart-wrenching place.
To protect her own daughter, Zhang Biyu was manipulated by the Grand Shaman into coming back to confront her daughter, returning to this place of sorrow, and even secured an opportunity for Liu Ji to experience Great Snow Mountain, filling his heart with myriad emotions.
What he admired even more was Zhang Biyu’s bravery.
The Grand Shaman thought she was just a little sheep to be bullied, but he never expected that Zhang Biyu would use this opportunity to breakthrough to the Defiant Heavenly Realm.
Indeed, she had a tremendous willpower.
"Have you already succeeded in your breakthrough?"
"Almost, I can start to merge the Three Souls in seclusion."
Zhang Biyu said this and then rested her head on Liu Ji’s shoulder, "I’m so tired, let me lean on you for a moment. Brother Ji, tell me what happened after."
Liu Ji: "..."
He felt that Zhang Biyu was testing him.
But his Daoist heart was as firm as iron. Such a test was trivial.
Liu Ji narrated what happened next without changing his expression, making no attempt to spare Zhang Biyu’s feelings by withholding any details.
He believed that Zhang Biyu wasn’t so fragile.
In this battle, he didn’t discern too many details, but he felt that Zhang Biyu must have had some.
After listening to Liu Ji’s description, Zhang Biyu’s expression also became extremely solemn.
"It seems my guess wasn’t wrong. For that demon to take over someone’s body isn’t so simple after all," she said.
"Do you know something about her?" he asked.
Liu Ji realized that the matter wasn’t simple.
Zhang Biyu spoke with a serious face, "Do you know how many years our Zhang Family has spent trying to eradicate her?"
Liu Ji shook his head, pondered for a moment, and then hazarded a guess, "A thousand years?"
The limit of a person’s lifespan was about that much.
Zhang Biyu was talking about the Zhang Family, not herself, so it should be a bit longer, but not by much.
"Wrong, it’s six thousand years."
Liu Ji: "..."
He really hadn’t expected that what appeared to be not so terrifying an opponent had a grudge lasting six thousand years with Zhang Biyu.
"Our Zhang Family was the retainers of the Northern Spear King, loyal to the king for generations. After the Spear King’s death, the Zhang Family ruled the Grassland for four thousand years, until the appearance of that demon."
Liu Ji: "..."
This was something he truly hadn’t expected; the Grassland had once been ruled by the people of the Central Plains.
"This is an immortal demon. Our Zhang Family has exorcism strategies, but they are utterly useless against her."
After all, the Zhang Family was the Spear King’s retainer, and it was normal for them to have means to expel demons and protect the way.
But the fact that it didn’t work on this demon clearly meant she was no ordinary demon.
After the failure of their exorcism attempts, many of the Zhang Family were possessed by the Heart Demon Gu Worm, but some managed to escape.
A small section continued to lurk above the Grassland.
Thereafter, the Grand Shaman founded the Snow Mountain Divine Church and, by seizing divine authority, they consequently took control of national power.
And each generation’s Grand Shaman was actually the same person.
The Heart Demon Gu Worm grew stronger by consuming and inhabiting hosts.
Under the tutelage of the Heart Demon Gu Worm, it took less than a thousand years for the Grassland People to no longer consider themselves a part of the Central Plains People, and as the environment changed, so did their way of life and the food they received.
Naturally, after facing a catastrophic disaster, the Zhang Family wanted to covertly return for revenge.
However, against the power of the Heart Demon Gu Worm, the Spear King’s retainers, without their Divine Artifact, were no match.
Many were like moths to a flame, while a portion of the wiser ones chose to leave the Grassland and return to the Central Plains, thus establishing the White Lotus Sect. Another branch remained hidden in the Grassland.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of years passed, but both branches of the Zhang Family never forgot their mission.
Loyalty to the King was etched into their blood.
Both branches supported each other, with the White Lotus Sect in the Central Plains developing better, while the Zhang Family on the Grassland remained thoroughly concealed.
They even developed a divine technique, the Bewildering Heart Lock.
They locked away their true hearts and then deceived themselves.
First deceive oneself to deceive the Heart Demon Gu Worm.
After deception, one wouldn’t know their true purpose until the Heart Lock was triggered and the Heart Key inserted; only then would they understand the cause and effect.
Back then, Zhang Biyu ascended the mountain using this method.
In fact, conceiving the Snow Maiden and being humiliated by the Grand Shaman was all part of the plan!
Their only goal was to bring the King back!
