Chapter 41 You Want to Kill Me? You want to kill me because of forbidden techniques? ...
"Why did you create this technique in the first place? Was it to save people?" Lin Jianyu had survived because of this technique, so she subconsciously thought it was a technique to save lives.
But that's not the case, at least not the answer Lu Jiao gave.
Lu Jiao said, "Saving people is not a difficult task for me, and there is no need to create divination techniques."
Yes, if it's used to save people, why would this technique be a forbidden art?
After turning the corner, Lin Jianyu was even more curious about what kind of divination technique this was, so he asked again, "If it wasn't for saving people, why did you create this divination technique?"
“What I’m trying to create isn’t this divination technique; this technique is just a failure,” Lu Jiao said.
"What if it succeeds? What will it do?" Lin Jianyu asked.
"It won't work," Lu Jiao said with certainty.
"I'm saying if. Just tell me what it does." Lin Jianyu only wanted to know what its function was.
Lu Jiao did not answer her question immediately. He seemed to be lost in a distant memory. After a long while, he casually said, "Brought back to life."
These four short words contain a wealth of information.
After listening, Lin Jianyu asked almost without thinking, "Whom do you want to resurrect?"
“It doesn’t matter,” Lu Jiao said. “A dead person is a dead person, and no one can bring them back to life.”
"Do you think it failed because it couldn't bring people back to life?" Judging solely from the purpose for which he created this divination technique, it is indeed a failed technique.
"You ask so many questions." Lu Jiao was getting a little impatient.
Lin Jianyu noticed his impatience, but instead of stopping there, he raised a finger and said, "One last question, why did this divination technique become a forbidden technique?"
“Because…” Lu Jiao paused deliberately, whetting her appetite, before coolly saying, “I won’t tell you.”
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu really wanted to stab him, but unfortunately, Whale Fall was too weak.
No, Whale Fall did something amazing. Just now, she used it to kill the cultivators of Gouqu Mountain, although she still doesn't know why they fell.
“Whale falls can kill,” she said.
"You want to kill me?" Lu Jiao asked.
"No." Even if Lin Jianyu had the desire and the courage, he didn't have the ability. "I want to ask you, why can whale fall kill people? Isn't it a sword of redemption?"
“You didn’t kill a person,” Lu Jiao said. “You killed a soul.”
"Soul?" Lin Jianyu's heart skipped a beat, as if he had discovered something extraordinary. "You mean, whale fall can bypass the body and directly kill the soul?"
"Hmm." Lu Jiao nodded slightly, and before Lin Jianyu could exclaim how awesome the Whale Fall was, he added, "Slaying living souls is no good for the sword. If you don't want to be harmed by it, it's best not to use it."
"It's not like I can just use it whenever I want." She still doesn't know how she used this move, and she doesn't feel the reality of killing someone. Otherwise, she would have been hugging herself and trembling. "You really don't plan to help with my Senior Brother Xuanzhan's arm?"
“I can’t help him,” Lu Jiao said. “No one can help him. The regeneration of a severed limb can only be achieved by oneself. Relying on unorthodox methods is not helping him, it’s harming him. If you want to harm him, you can use the forbidden technique your master used to save you. Then, I will kill him with my own hands.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Jianyu seemed to understand something and asked, "You want to kill me because of forbidden techniques?"
"Otherwise what? A human being." Lu Jiao's tone was full of disdain.
"Why?" Lin Jianyu asked, puzzled.
"There's no reason why." Lu Jiao clearly didn't want to explain further, simply saying, "Anyone who uses forbidden techniques must die."
"You're helping me find my master, not to kill him, are you?" Lin Jianyu asked warily.
She felt she might have the truth, but Lu Jiao gave a negative answer: "He was going to die anyway, there's no need for me to take action."
"What do you mean by that?" Lin Jianyu frowned.
"The literal meaning." Lu Jiao believed he had made himself clear enough.
"Do all those who use forbidden techniques die, or is it that my master's life is nearing its end?" Lin Jianyu asked.
“Your master is nearing the end,” Lu Jiao said.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jianyu breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that not everyone who uses forbidden techniques will die. She already knew from her master that he was dying, and she accepted it well, since she had thought he was already dead before.
"Promise me that if my master survives, you can't kill him because he used forbidden techniques. He just wanted to save me and didn't know it was forbidden." Even if he did know, you can pretend you didn't.
“He won’t survive.” Lu Jiao shattered her illusions.
Lin Jianyu almost jumped up and slapped him: "Shut your jinxed mouth."
"Actually, it's not that he's completely doomed to die." Lu Jiao changed her mind unexpectedly, "It's just that I don't know if you'll want him to survive when the time comes."
"Of course I want him to live." Lin Jianyu looked at him with an expression that said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Lu Jiao didn't hold it against her; he was waiting for that day to come, which was also why he wanted to help her find Lin Jinshui.
As they talked, the battle ended, and Qianli was happily cleaning up the battlefield when Yundan and Zhujin walked towards them, supporting each other.
They were both very lucky; apart from the depletion of their spiritual energy, they only suffered some internal and external injuries, which would heal with rest.
Upon seeing that Xuanzhan was missing an arm, Zhu Jin gasped and said, "Is it you? Guo'er?"
Xuan Zhan: "..."
Xuan Zhan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not call him "Auntie".
Cleaning up the battlefield was one of Lin Jianyu's favorite things to do in the past, because she could get a lot of supplies. But today she was not interested, especially when she saw the two corpses that had died by her sword.
At this moment, she had a real sense of having committed murder. How to describe her feelings? She was calmer than she had imagined, and she had no intention of turning herself in. Unconsciously, she seemed to have accepted the fact that she had stepped into a completely new field.
In this realm, the law is a mere formality, serving no binding purpose. If you don't kill others, they will kill you. This is completely different from her understanding, and she thought it would be difficult for her to accept, but judging from the current situation, it doesn't seem that difficult.
Perhaps, as she herself believed, she was fundamentally flawed, and even though her master had tried very hard to guide her back to the right path, he had not been able to truly lead her onto the right path.
Or perhaps, from the moment her body began to change, she was no longer a pure person, and those rules and regulations used to restrain people could no longer restrain her.
In short, compared to the fact that she killed someone, what she cares about more now is Xuan Zhan's arm.
"Is it really impossible for Senior Brother Xuanzhan's arm to grow back?" She asked Yun Dan.
Yun Dan didn't know either, and asked in return, "What did the big shot say?"
"The big boss said that he can do it, but Senior Brother Xuanzhan can't. He also said that limb regeneration can only be achieved by oneself. Relying on unorthodox methods is not helping him, but harming him." Lin Jianyu repeated what Lu Jiao said to him.
After listening, Yun Dan replied without hesitation, "I'll listen to the boss."
“If we listen to him, Senior Brother Xuanzhan will really become like Guo’er.” Lin Jianyu muttered, “It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t gotten cocky, Senior Brother Xuanzhan’s arm wouldn’t have been cut off.”
"What does this have to do with you?" Yun Dan asked, puzzled.
“I’m the one who dragged him down,” Lin Jianyu said. “He lost an arm while saving me, and I was the one who provoked the enemy.”
"On the battlefield, there's no such thing as anyone dragging anyone down. Even without you, the knife that's meant to be swung at him will still be swung at him. Blame the enemy." Yun Dan patted her shoulder and continued to brainwash her. "Listen to your senior brother. When something happens, look for the cause in other people first. It's not too late to blame yourself if you really can't find the cause."
Lin Jianyu: "...The cultivator who severed his arm has already been killed by me."
“Then you have even less reason to blame yourself,” Yun Dan said. “Your senior brother Xuanzhan only lost an arm, but the other party lost his life.”
Lin Jianyu was momentarily speechless at these words.
After a moment of silence, she changed the subject, saying, "I have a feeling..." Before she could finish speaking, Yun Dan interrupted her.
"Shut your mouth." Yun Dan not only interrupted her with words, but also covered her mouth with her actions.
Lin Jianyu, whose voice had been manually muted, pried his hand away and wisely refrained from continuing the previous conversation. Instead, she said, "Go back. With the big boss and Qianli here, you staying here won't be of much help."
"Why do you think Qianli followed us?" Yun Dan asked.
"Why?" Lin Jianyu asked, poking Qianli.
Qianli: "Anyway, it's not because of you."
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu changed his tune, saying, "Even without Qianli, your presence here wouldn't be of much help."
"Oh," Yun Dan replied perfunctorily.
Lin Jianyu sensed his perfunctory attitude and, feeling helpless, continued, "Go back, I'm begging you." She didn't want to see any of them get hurt again, regardless of whether it was because of her.
Yun Dan didn't immediately respond to her words. Instead, he glanced at Xuan Zhan and the others. Seeing that none of them expressed their opinions, he said, "I'm not listening. You're just a bunch of idiots."
Lin Wangba... Pah! Lin Jianyu wanted to hit him. Of course, she ultimately held back.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, she turned her gaze to Xuan Zhan. Seeing his empty sleeves, she still felt guilty, but she didn't show it on her face. She took a deep breath and pretended to be relaxed, saying, "Senior Brother Xuan Zhan, why don't you go back and let Second Uncle take a look..." She didn't say what she wanted to see, but everyone present knew what she wanted to say.
Xuan Zhan ignored her question and said bluntly, "If I go back, my master will definitely send another junior brother to replace me. No matter who comes, they are not as good as me, even if I have lost an arm."
Lin Jianyu fell silent, because this was indeed something her second senior uncle would do.
Not only her second senior uncle, but also her other two senior uncles.
Unless they don't know where she is, she can lure people back one day and they'll send others over the next.
But if she didn't manage to persuade them to go back, her premonition was really bad, so she was very worried!
"Boss, do you have any way to find my master quickly?"
"Yes," Lu Jiao replied truthfully.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jianyu's eyes lit up, and she asked, "What method?" Before Lu Jiao could answer, she seemed to have thought of something and quickly added, "Don't say I won't tell you." Hmm, she was getting to know Lu Jiao's nature more and more.
Lu Jiao wasn't annoyed that her words had been cut off; she simply said, "Telling you won't help you."
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