The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 878 - 384: Are You Teaching Me How to Do Things?
Tai Bai had to make a choice, and it wasn’t a difficult thing to do.
She had already mastered the original powers of Gold, Wood, and Earth. All she needed was to properly refine and fuse them before finding trouble with Lin Yun again, against whom she would be unbeatable.
Now, facing Lin Yun in combat, she had a seventy percent chance of winning. She reckoned Lin Yun had yet to fuse with the original power left to him by Qing Nu, his strength limited to his own original power. Even if Lin Yun’s fire countered hers, he could, at most, only have a thirty percent chance of victory.
Moreover, she held so many hostages.
But, it is best not to partake in matters where one is only seventy percent confident. Besides, Lin Yun is someone outside the grasp of destiny, just as he has no reason to recover his memory, yet he still did.
Anyway, she still had time, there was no need to rush at this moment.
Should she actually fail and Lin Yun seized the Innate Soil from her, her certain victory would be overturned—a prospect she could not accept.
Tai Bai had made her decision. Facing Lin Yun’s persuasion, she coldly snorted.
"You know you can’t forgive me, yet you speak of turning back. Among the five of us, in the end, only one person may become the supreme Heavenly Emperor. The four of you are too indecisive, only I can succeed!"
Tai Bai looked at Lin Yun, her eyes devoid of warmth.
"I know you don’t have the ability to defeat me, so you want to persuade me with words, right? Fine, if you want time, I can give that to you. But when we meet next, I will not spare you."
Though she wanted to flee, Tai Bai’s face-saving remarks were quite beautiful; it wasn’t that she wanted to run, she was giving him a chance.
Lin Yun sighed, feigning sorrow as he looked at Tai Bai as if still trying to retain her.
It must be said, there was all play in his eyes, and even Tai Bai felt a bit of softening.
But she knew she definitely couldn’t turn back, and even less so could she be deceived by Lin Yun’s exterior.
"Right, what you rely on is nothing more than the Heavenly Dao, after all."
Tai Bai suddenly turned to Dongfang Hongyue; Lin Yun’s expression subtly shifted, not missing the change in her gaze.
Why, upon mentioning the Heavenly Dao, did she look at Dongfang Hongyue?
It wasn’t just a look; she was taking action.
"Everything today has come too coincidentally; it seems the Heavenly Dao is trying hard to help you. When you revived the Heavenly Dao years ago, it was useful, but... from now on, the Heavenly Dao you rely on will become an enemy."
Tai Bai pointed her finger towards Dongfang Hongyue. Lin Yun, not understanding, still transformed into a blaze of fire and stood in front of Dongfang Hongyue, but he intercepted nothing. Instead, he faintly heard a shattering noise from inside Dongfang Hongyue.
The thing shattered was Su’e’s spirit. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Tai Bai’s finger was not a physical attack but an attack on the spirit, targeting not Dongfang Hongyue, but Su’e who had been lurking inside Dongfang Hongyue’s body.
Su’e had been imprisoned for a long time and thought that encountering Tai Bai today, Tai Bai might save her life. Unexpectedly, Tai Bai was ultimately out to kill her!
She quickly realized, in Tai Bai’s eyes, she had always been just a pawn. When she was inside Dongfang Hongyue’s body, she was merely a vessel for the Sinful Blood, conveniently allowing the sealing of the Sinful Blood. Now, for the Sinful Blood to be unleashed, the timing was just right.
Su’e was not willing!
She had always been waiting for a chance to survive, for Tai Bai to resolve Dongfang Hongyue’s dual souls, even if it meant she had to carry the Sinful Blood, it didn’t matter.
The Sinful Blood wouldn’t cause any harm to the bearer; the harm was only to the world.
Who knew, Tai Bai wouldn’t give her any chance.
At this moment, to annihilate a weakened Earthly Soul was of course simpler than annihilating two robust Heavenly Soul and Human Soul.
Furthermore, Tai Bai was not destroying all of the Earthly Soul, just a portion of the spiritual imprint.
She didn’t want to have an all-out war with Lin Yun at this time either.
After striking with her finger, Tai Bai’s figure swiftly disappeared. Lin Yun, however, could no longer concern himself with her as he quickly embraced Dongfang Hongyue.
At this moment, black qi was constantly seeping out of Dongfang Hongyue’s body, and Lin Yun recognized at a glance that this was the aura of the Sinful Blood.
"It’s Su’e."
Dongfang Hongyue hadn’t lost consciousness; she only felt that her mind suddenly had additional information.
This is the last gift from Su’e before her death.
Not much information, but very useful.
She enlightened Dongfang Hongyue about the cause and effect of the events, informed her about Tai Bai’s conspiracy.
Sinful Blood is a source of pollution; as long as it exists, it will throw the Heavenly Dao into disarray.
At this point, Dongfang Hongyue realized why the Dongfang Family suffered divine punishment – their veins coursed with the blood of sin.
Thus, from birth, the entire Dongfang Family was doomed to face divine retribution.
Not only was the luck of the Moon God protecting them, but more so, it was the arrangement of fate.
It was fate that allowed their family to persist, much like her own life, unlucky yet always escaping death—it was a gamble between fate and the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao wanted her dead, but fate wanted her to live.
Having sought the answers all her life, Dongfang Hongyue found their sudden appearance in her mind quite absurd.
Before, when the Heavenly Book mentioned her family’s hands were full of sin, Dongfang Hongyue was indignant, for the people of the Dongfang Family never committed evil. But facts are stronger than arguments, and Dongfang Hongyue always felt that perhaps the ancestors truly made some grave mistake.
Only now did she understand, the Dongfang Family wasn’t wrong, but rather those who used the Dongfang Family as pawns were.
However, Dongfang Hongyue also felt powerless, for this individual was an existence that stood above both fate and the Heavenly Dao, and with her capabilities, she was totally outmatched.
Sometimes human power has its limits!
"She’s afraid of the sun."
Dongfang Hongyue suddenly said to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun looked puzzled, and Dongfang Hongyue added, "It’s what Su’e said, that person, she’s afraid of the sun."
This was the last thing Su’e left for Dongfang Hongyue.
She knew this piece of information might not be useful, but what if it was?
Su’e didn’t hate Lin Yun, nor did she hate Dongfang Hongyue.
Although these two had caused her unprecedented humiliation, but...
They also provided her with an unprecedented joy, cough cough.
All in all, she accepted her loss to Lin Yun and Dongfang Hongyue—she was willing to accept the outcome of the bet.
But having been used by Tai Bai and then coldly abandoned, she was determined to have her revenge.
Unable to take action herself, she could only pin her hopes on Lin Yun.
"Afraid of the sun?"
Lin Yun glanced at the sky, where the sun was just rising.
Eh?
Does Tai Bai belong to the ghosts?
Did he run because the sun was coming out?
Lin Yun noted this point, then continued to wrap Dongfang Hongyue in his own fire, a fire that did not harm Dongfang Hongyue in the slightest, but burned away the black qi that was seeping out of her body, not allowing a trace to escape.
Dongfang Hongyue shook her head, "It’s meaningless. This sinful blood is always within me, and as long as I live, it will continue to release power that pollutes this world. Only by killing me can the source be eradicated."
Dongfang Hongyue grabbed Lin Yun’s hand, her gaze was very determined.
"You know what to do."
Lin Yun raised his eyebrow: "Are you telling me what to do?"
