Chapter 52 What's it to you? How can this not be a form of retribution? ...
For the rest of the journey, neither of them spoke until a "gurgling" sound was heard.
Yes, Lin Jianyu's stomach was growling.
She was already hungry when she carried Lu Jiao away, but she could still bear it then. Now, however, she couldn't stand it anymore.
"I'm so hungry."
Lu, the deaf man, didn't hear him and continued walking forward.
Lin Jianyu reached out and grabbed his arm.
"I can't walk anymore, carry me on your back."
"You're dreaming," Lu Jiao said.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu decided to be domineering... ugh, she decided to climb onto his back herself, saying as she climbed, "I'm just dreaming. You have to carry me today, whether you want to or not."
Lu Jiao saw her off... but couldn't let go, the hug was too tight.
"Get down."
"No." Lin Jianyu hugged his neck tightly, as if she would rather die than be separated from him.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Being a merman really means you can't be too kind; they've all taken advantage of you.
"Don't force me to kill you."
"Don't talk big. If I could kill you, I would have done it already. Hurry up and go. If you don't want to go, then fly away. Find my senior brother Yun Dan and the others as soon as possible, and eat early. I'm starving." Lin Jianyu urged.
Lu Jiao raised his hand and grabbed her arm, which instantly froze into an icicle. Even so, she didn't let go and even bit his shoulder.
Lu Jiao didn't feel anything when bitten, but Lin Jianyu almost broke her teeth.
Even though I didn't think his flesh was tough, it still hurt my teeth when I bit into it.
I can't let him feel pain, so I can only say harsh words: "Today, either you carry me back, or you kill me. Anyway, my master is gone, and I don't really want to live anymore."
"Didn't you just say that you could feel he was still alive?" Lu Jiao retorted, cutting her off with her own words.
“You even said he was dead! And you said it more than once,” Lin Jianyu retorted.
“He is indeed dead. When I was choking you, he gave up the idea of possessing your body and chose to save you.” Lu Jiao was not lying. At that time, Lin Jinshui could have possessed your body, but he did not.
Giving up the possession meant death, and afterwards, he indeed could no longer feel his presence.
"What do you mean?" Lin Jianyu asked, not because she didn't understand the meaning behind his words, but because... "You're saying he gave up on possessing another body? He can possess another body!"
“Of course,” Lu Jiao replied without hesitation.
"I don't need to undergo the mutation successfully? No, that's right, I should be possessed before the mutation is fully successful." Lin Jianyu's words were somewhat incoherent, but he had already sorted things out in his mind.
She had previously fallen into a misconception, believing that only if her mutation failed could her master successfully transfer, but this was not actually reasonable.
The process of mutation is not only a process in which she plunders her master's qualifications, talents, and bloodline, but also a process in which her master transfers his qualifications, talents, and bloodline.
If this process fails, it will not only be her plunder that fails, but also the transfer of her master. There is no such thing as her mutation failing and her master's transfer succeeding.
The real turning point between success and failure should be when she took her master's life and when her master possessed her body.
At this point, whoever wins will succeed and survive.
Her master's decision to give up the possession meant that he was giving her the chance to live, which is why Lu Jiao said he was dead.
“My mutation hasn’t succeeded yet, which means my plundering hasn’t succeeded either, at least not completely. He can still live, right? As long as he’s willing to possess someone, he can still live.”
“Theoretically, that’s correct,” Lu Jiao said, “but that’s on the premise that he’s still alive. I said he’s already dead.”
"I don't believe it. I haven't even fully transformed yet, how could he be dead?" Lin Jianyu said, tightening his grip on his neck.
Lu Jiao: "...I remember telling you more than once that he's dying." Why can't you ever learn?!
He did tell her more than once that her master was critically ill. Just this morning, he said that his master was about to die and that if she could make it in time, she could see him one last time.
So, is it too late now?
"Damn Xian Ting! If he hadn't suddenly appeared out of nowhere, we would have found my master long ago." Lin Jianyu gritted her teeth with hatred at the thought of Xian Ting, and the thought that her master might have died because of him made her even more furious. "Next time I see him, I will definitely kill him."
Lu Jiao didn't say anything, and directly brought her in front of Xian Ting.
Lin Jianyu, who had just made those harsh remarks and was now face to face with Xian Ting, was speechless. It was quite sudden.
After leaving, Xian Ting felt increasingly uneasy, so he returned despite objections to his journey home.
Aoxue wanted to go with him, but he refused. He refused not only her but also Guicheng, fearing that something might happen to them.
As for himself...
It doesn't matter if something unexpected happens or not; if you can escape, you escape; if you can't escape, you die.
When he returned, he only saw a few corpses on the ground. He couldn't see Lu Jiao or Lin Jianyu. Just as he was about to go look for them, he saw Lu Jiao carrying Lin Jianyu back.
When he was caught off guard and saw Lu Jiao carrying someone on his back, his mind and expression went blank for a moment.
A moment later, when he looked at Lu Jiao again, his eyes had indeed returned to normal... Hmm? Why have both of his eyes turned green?
What happened to your eyes?
Lu Jiao didn't answer his question, but instead said to Lin Jianyu behind him, "Kill him?"
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu remained silent, only holding tightly to his neck.
"Not kill them?" Lu Jiao asked, puzzled.
Lin Jianyu gritted his teeth: "Kill."
As soon as she finished speaking, she finally let go of Lu Jiao's neck and got off his back.
After getting off, she immediately pulled out Whaley, ready to go, when she suddenly remembered something and asked Lu Jiao, "Will Whaley back down when facing Xian Ting?"
"No," Lu Jiao replied.
Lin Jianyu was relieved and charged toward Xian Ting with his sword.
She returned very quickly, bounced back by Xian Ting's protective barrier.
Yes, she couldn't even get close to Xian Ting.
But it doesn't matter. Under Lu Jiao's torment, she may not have any other skills, but her ability to withstand blows and falls is second to none.
Without pausing for even a moment, she picked up her sword and went back to the front lines as soon as she got up.
This time she was smarter; instead of charging recklessly, she slashed at Xian Ting's protective barrier with her sword.
The sword blade, carrying a gale, collided with the barrier. Familiar purple lightning appeared before her eyes, and in a split second, she was thrown back.
This time, she couldn't get up immediately.
It wasn't that the fall was that serious, but mainly the electricity; her whole body was numb.
"What are you doing?" Xian Ting seemed to only realize what was happening now, looking at Lin Jianyu on the ground with a puzzled expression.
Lin Jianyu struggled to her feet and looked at him, saying slowly and deliberately, "Kill you!" With that, she put away her Whale-shaped sword and took out her peach wood sword.
This peach wood sword wasn't hers; it was one that had been discarded by the crowd. She felt it would be a waste to throw it away, so she hung it on her bag as a decoration, since it wasn't heavy anyway.
The reason I'm taking it out now isn't because I think it can deal with Xian Ting, but mainly because it doesn't conduct electricity.
Yeah, I'm terrified of getting shocked.
Carrying a peach wood sword that wasn't particularly lethal, her aura didn't weaken; she went up and struck with her sword.
This sword strike still produced sparks and lightning.
The instant he was thrown out, Lin Jianyu wanted to roar to the sky, "Where did the insulator go?!"
Yes, she got electrocuted again.
This time the electric shock was even more severe than the last time; the sword caught fire.
When she got up from the ground, the sword was gone, leaving only half-burnt wood in her hand.
Throw away the wood, pull out the whale head again... never mind, let's just use the whale fall!
“Whale Fall, go, kill Xian Ting.”
Whale Fall: "???"
The whale shuddered, indicating that the sword couldn't do it!
"You dared to kill a big shot before, but now I'm just asking you to kill Xian Ting, and you're hesitating. Do you look down on the big shot? Be careful, or he might kill you."
"Go quickly!"
The whale fell, and it was gone for a minute.
Without Lin Jianyu's burden, it held out for a full minute on its own with just its sword, several times longer than Lin Jianyu.
After being flung away, it did not return to Lin Jianyu's side, but instead hid behind Lu Jiao.
Lin Jianyu also wanted to hide behind Lu Jiao, but thinking of her master, she picked up her sword again.
There was no further scene of the sword colliding with the barrier, because as soon as she raised her sword, Xian Ting struck her dead on the spot with a single electric shock.
Xian Ting watched for a long time but still couldn't figure out what she was up to, and finally lost patience.
Just as he was about to ask Lu Jiao about her eyes again, Lin Jianyu got up.
Lin Jianyu was completely numb at this moment, but that was precisely why her brain stopped thinking and she only wanted to kill Xian Ting.
Seeing the man who could barely walk and was charging towards him with a sword, Xian Ting raised his hand again.
No fancy moves were needed; with just a light touch, Lin Jianyu was electrocuted on the spot once again.
But soon, even faster than before, she rose from the dead again and got up.
Xian Ting: "..."
Xian Ting raised his hand again. Before striking this time, he asked Lu Jiao, "Aren't you going to do anything about it? If you don't, I'm going to kill her." Yes, his patience had run out, and now he was determined to kill her.
Lu Jiao didn't say anything, appearing indifferent.
Seeing that he remained silent, Xian Ting immediately lowered his raised hand.
The imagined scene of his soul being scattered did not appear. Instead, a sword hung between him and Lin Jianyu, which was Whale Fall hiding behind Lu Jiao.
Whale Fall itself certainly couldn't withstand Xian Ting's killing move, but Lu Jiao could; he controlled Whale Fall to block Xian Ting's killing move.
No sooner said than done, Lin Jianyu, under the protection of the whale fall, went up and struck with his sword.
This sword strike still failed to harm Xian Ting.
There's no way around it, the defenses are too high.
She couldn't hurt Xianting, but it was easy for Xianting to hurt her.
He was already intent on killing her, and being stopped by Lu Jiao was already frustrating enough, but she actually dared to draw her sword. Wasn't that just courting death?
He snatched Lin Jianyu's sword in less than a second, and then slashed her with his own sword.
This sword strike failed to harm Lin Jianyu.
It wasn't that her defenses were too strong; it was that the sword was bent.
Xian Ting: "..."
For a moment, I didn't know whether to complain about how lousy this sword was, or to complain that she actually had two such lousy swords.
Although Lin Jianyu did not expect the whale to bend, she was extremely grateful that it did, because if it hadn't, she would have been finished.
Xian Ting's sword was aimed at her heart, leaving her no way out. She finally became afraid and, taking advantage of the moment when Xian Ting was speechless because of Jing Qi, shouted, "Big Boss, save me!"
Lu Jiao didn't descend from the sky to save her life because of her shout. Instead, the whale fall beside her went straight for Xian Ting after she finished speaking.
Xian Ting dodged, and Lin Jianyu took the opportunity to dodge as well, hiding behind Lu Jiao at her fastest speed ever.
When she hugged Lu Jiao's arm tightly, her heart was still pounding rapidly.
"That was close, I almost went to see my master."
“You’ve always wanted to see your master,” Lu Jiao said.
Lin Jianyu: "What I want is to live to see him alive."
"He's starting to daydream again."
Lin Jianyu: "...Kill Xianting for me."
“Kill him yourself,” Lu Jiao refused.
Lin Jianyu pretended not to notice his refusal and changed his words, saying, "I'll kill it for you if you want."
"Do we have a grudge?" It was Xian Ting who asked this question, and he was actually curious about why she was courting death.
"The hatred for killing my father," Lin Jianyu said.
Xian Ting asked in confusion, "Who is your father? Never mind, it's not important." He had killed too many creatures to care who her master was.
Although he didn't say what he was going to say, Lin Jianyu was still angered by his nonchalant attitude. She hugged Lu Jiao's arm tightly and said, "Don't stop me, I'm going to kill him."
Upon hearing this, Xian Ting raised his sword, first pointing it at her, then at Lu Jiao, and said, "Let her come over here."
Lu Jiao, who didn't stop him at all, said: "...Let go."
Letting go was out of the question, and I couldn't beat him in a fight; the only way to survive was to hold onto his arm tightly.
or……
"Do you want to do it yourself?"
Lu Jiao didn't say whether he wanted it or not; he simply reached out and the whale fall was in his hand.
Lin Jianyu, seeing this, very perceptively let go of his arm.
Then she saw him and Xianting, one holding a whale fall and the other holding a whale rise, fighting fiercely and evenly in an instant.
Well……
If she remembered correctly, Whale Fall and Whale Rise were both her master's natal swords. Why were they so easy to use?
Lu Jiao is one thing, but why should Xian Ting be allowed to do this?
"Rise up!" she shouted, then immediately gave the order, "Kill Xianting."
The whale rose, unmoved.
It's not that it doesn't understand her orders, or that it's rebellious; it's just that it's currently in Xian Ting's hands, and he can't very well let Xian Ting commit suicide, can he?
Even if it has such abilities, Xian Ting isn't stupid!
So, at most, it can only take advantage of Xian Ting's unpreparedness to trick him.
For example, when his sword clashed with Lu Jiao's, he could perform a magic trick to make Lu Jiao disappear on the spot.
Its performance was a success; Xian Ting, whose hand had suddenly become empty, was almost cut in half by Lu Jiao's sword.
"I'm not fighting anymore." I've never been in such a frustrating fight in my life.
He said he wouldn't fight, and Lu Jiao stopped, showing great sportsmanship.
After stopping, Xianting asked Lu Jiao again what was wrong with his eyes.
Lu Jiao said, "None of your business!"
Hearing this, Lin Jianyu almost thought that the words came from her mouth.
Xian Ting on the other side was speechless.
"You didn't fall into demonic possession at all, did you?" Although he said this as a question, his tone sounded very certain, as if he had already made up his mind.
Lu Jiao repeated his previous statement: "None of your business!"
Xian Ting: "..."
Xian Ting suddenly laughed, a delightful laugh.
Lin Jianyu didn't know what he was laughing at, but it looked rather perverted, so she subconsciously moved closer to Lu Jiao's back.
"You didn't drive him crazy, did you?"
"He's been crazy all along," Lu Jiao said, indicating he wouldn't take the blame.
After laughing, Xian Ting, who was already insane, looked at Lin Jianyu and asked Lu Jiao, "If I kill her, will you fall into demonic possession?"
"No." As Lu Jiao answered, Lin Jianyu silently withdrew her protruding head.
"It seems she's not that important to you either." Xian Ting said somewhat listlessly.
Lin Jianyu poked her head out again, wanting to say "None of your business," but before she could muster the courage, he suddenly changed the subject and said, "Then kill him."
After saying that, he disappeared from Lin Jianyu's sight.
Driven by the instinct for survival, Lin Jianyu grabbed Lu Jiao and hugged her tightly.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao frowned and blocked the attack from behind.
Having failed in his first attack, Xian Ting did not continue, but said quietly, "It seems that even if she cannot make you fall into demonic ways, she is still very important to you."
"None of your business!" Finally, Lin Jianyu spoke up before Lu Jiao could, uttering another of her favorite phrases.
Xian Ting: "..."
Xian Ting took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to kill Lin Jianyu, and said to Lu Jiao, "You had better keep protecting her. Next time we meet, I will definitely kill her."
"Next time? What next time? This time, let's see if you kill me first, or if my boss kills you first," Lin Jianyu threatened.
Xian Ting ignored her and left.
Seeing him leave like that, Lin Jianyu became anxious and pulled Lu Jiao aside, saying, "Are you just going to let him go like that?"
Lu Jiao told her to let go.
Without hesitation, she immediately let go.
After finishing, seeing that he didn't leave, she asked with some doubt, "Aren't you going to chase after him?"
"I'm not going," Lu Jiao replied without hesitation.
Lin Jianyu: "Why not go? Letting a tiger return to the mountain is a big no-no! What if he grabs me again when I go to the toilet? I don't want to be humiliated again."
“No,” Lu Jiao said. “He said that if we meet again, he will definitely kill you, he will definitely kill you, and he will not humiliate you again.”
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Does she seem like the kind of person who would rather die than be humiliated?
"You two are definitely having an affair."
Lu Jiao: "???"
"Otherwise, why don't you kill him?"
"I can't kill him." At least not now.
"I don't believe it." Lin Jianyu really didn't believe it. "You can even defeat gods in an instant, what is a mere Xian Ting?"
Lu Jiao: "..."
"Speechless now, aren't you!" Lin Jianyu said with an expression that said, "Don't even think about lying to me."
Lu Jiao hesitated for a moment, then said, "After the War of the Gods, I sealed my power. Now, compared to my peak, I have only one-tenth of my power."
"Although Xianting is not a god, it wouldn't be easy for me to kill him now. Not to mention he's a madman. If it really comes down to a fight to the death, he'll be reckless. In that case, not to mention anything else, the land beneath our feet will definitely be affected. Do you want him to destroy the land beneath our feet?"
Lin Jianyu certainly didn't want to.
However, compared to the consequences that have not yet occurred, she was more concerned about: "Why did you seal your power?"
"Because it's uncontrollable." Fallen demons truly lose their minds, and the consequences of a fallen demon with absolute power losing their mind are immeasurable.
Therefore, after the war of the gods, he sealed his power to prevent himself from falling into demonic ways again.
At first, he only placed one seal on himself, but later, for various reasons, he placed several more seals on himself, bringing the total to nine.
Three paths have already been broken.
The three broken pieces are the sleeping ice coffin, the red silk covering the eyes, and the ice sword that was cut by Xian Ting.
The ice coffin was broken by Lin Jianyu, or more accurately, by Lin Jinshui's soul jade.
He didn't awaken from his slumber by absorbing Lin Jinshui's soul jade; he only awoke when the seal was broken.
The red silk was torn in one direction, but not entirely in one direction; the four-sided mace of Han Qi exerted even greater force.
The same applies to ice swords.
Ordinary attacks cannot break his seal; only divine artifacts or the power of a god can help.
He sensed a trace of divine power within Lin Jinshui's soul jade. It was not much and very weak, quite different from what he had sensed before. It was not like a god, but more like a demigod, or a newly born god.
This is partly why he didn't absorb the Soul Jade; the bigger reason is that he wanted to see how long the Soul Jade, including the heart's blood inside, could influence him.
He didn't tell Lin Jianyu any of this, so all Lin Jianyu knew was that his power was uncontrollable, or rather, that the power of the demon was uncontrollable.
That's understandable.
"So, Xian Ting is right, you really didn't fall into demonic possession just now?"
"None of your business!" Lu Jiao replied with a phrase she knew all too well.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
How can this not be considered a form of retribution?
"I know you love me, but can you please stop mimicking me? Stop, I know you're going to say no, don't say it, I don't want to hear it."
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