Chapter 103 The Real Secret Inside the Ancestral Hall
The once noisy hall was now so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with astonishment and disbelief, as if they had witnessed something incredible.
Even Shanxi was completely stunned, as if he had been frozen in place by a spell, standing motionless.
"Miss Shanxi, could you give me a chance to pursue you?" Jun Yan looked at Shanxi with a serious expression. "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I don't want to wait any longer. Will the next time be another hundred years later?"
"I'm afraid you'll forget me, and I'm even more afraid I'll never find you again."
Shanxi froze, staring at Junyan in disbelief, wondering how he knew her secret.
"How did you know? Who exactly are you?" Shanxi's eyes were sharp, and suddenly she chopped Jun Yan's neck with her hand.
Jun Yan remained unmoved, simply gazing at her with a burning, unwavering gaze that seemed capable of melting anyone.
Jun Yan looked at her intently and uttered two words: "Chu Yan".
First banquet?
When Shanxi heard the name, he was stunned, as if struck by lightning, and countless images flashed through his mind.
She hastily withdrew her hand, her movements somewhat flustered. Then, a bright and unexpected joy bloomed on her face, a smile as radiant and dazzling as a spring flower: "It's you? You're not..."
Her voice trembled with excitement, and she stopped abruptly before she could speak.
She then realized that she was surrounded by people, their eyes like bright lamps, staring intently at her as if waiting to see a good show.
Shanxi's heart tightened, and she quickly grabbed Junyan's hand. The two of them lightly touched the ground with their toes, and their figures flew out like swallows, leaving only a faint afterimage.
Seeing that they wanted to whisper something, the Emperor Emeritus quickly smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "Look how shy these two children are. Come on, let's continue eating, let's continue eating, don't mind them."
Under the Emperor Emeritus's influence, the hall quickly regained its lively atmosphere, with laughter echoing in every corner once again.
Meanwhile, on a tree outside the hall.
Shanxi looked at Junyan in front of her with a mixture of surprise and delight, seemingly not expecting that he would be Chuyan.
"Weren't you dead?" Sunhee asked in surprise.
Jun Yan nodded, his expression calm yet tinged with a sense of relief at surviving a close call: "It was a near-death experience, but the formation you left behind in the back mountain of Jun Dynasty saved me."
The formation was mysterious and powerful; it successfully saved him and extended his life, which had almost been cut off.
At first, he thought that the royal family of the Jun Dynasty had saved him, and he was filled with gratitude. Therefore, he stayed and did his best to help the Jun Dynasty in order to repay the life-saving grace.
But later he learned that the formation was set up by Shanxi.
In short, it was Sun-hee who saved him.
"I thought you were dead. It's so good that you're still alive." Sun-hee breathed a heavy sigh of relief, as if he were exhaling all the worry and fear that had been building up in his heart for so long.
That battle was extremely brutal; far too many people died, including her...
"And you? Why is it that every time I see you, you are a different person? Is your physical body...?" Jun Yan asked with a worried and anxious expression, his brows furrowed and his eyes full of concern and heartache.
Although he had guessed most of it, he still couldn't believe it and was unwilling to accept this cruel reality.
Shanxi nodded without reservation or hesitation, her expression calm yet tinged with helplessness: "My physical body is severely damaged. Although I have been using my profound energy to nourish it, I have been unable to heal it properly."
The profound energy flowed like a trickle, yet it could not heal her riddled body.
“Demonic energy is like a poison, constantly eroding. As soon as a new piece of flesh grows, it will soon be devoured by the demonic energy again,” Shanxi said slowly, her voice tinged with weariness and bitterness. “It goes on and on, and my body has never been fully healed.”
Every hope was ruthlessly shattered; every effort was reduced to nothing.
However, since her physical body could not be healed, she could not recover and could not return to her former self.
Therefore, every time she appears, she needs the perfect timing, location, and people.
Shanxi tilted her head slightly, gazing at the deep night, a hint of melancholy in her eyes: "To be alive is already a blessing."
Back then, her fellow disciples did everything in their power to save her. Although her body was constantly being devoured by demonic energy, she was incredibly lucky compared to her fellow disciples who were reduced to ashes.
"What about the Alchemist Guild? Do they have any way to deal with demonic energy?" Jun Yan asked with a worried expression.
Shanxi shook his head: "I am the president of the Alchemist Guild. Over the years, I have been refining pills to counteract demonic energy."
"Whether it's the Youth Preservation Pill or the Qi Condensation Pill, I've refined them to the Great Perfection level. But I've made no progress on this pill that can suppress demonic energy."
Over the years, her apprentices have also been constantly searching for methods.
But a thousand years have passed, and the demonic energy is like a poisonous thorn stuck deep in the heart, which can never be removed.
"So that's why you need to use the body of a member of the Shan family, and use the body of a member of the Shan family as a vessel?" Jun Yan frowned, looking at Shanxi with eyes full of heartache and reluctance.
Sun-hee nodded slightly: "Mm."
"I am connected to the Shan family by blood. Only by borrowing the Shan family's bloodline can I avoid the phenomenon of my body and soul being incompatible."
"Moreover, it must be the body of a dying person."
Whether it was the "Grandma" back then or the "Shanxi" now, they were both people who were about to die, or even people who were already dead.
She needs to possess the other person's body so that the other person cannot survive.
Therefore, she still has to wait, wait for the right opportunity.
Shanxi's words were like a boulder pressing down on Junyan's chest, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"Then, when will such an opportunity appear?" Jun Yan's voice was low, carrying a hint of barely concealed anxiety.
No wonder, every time he tried to reunite with her, she would mysteriously disappear...
Shanxi sighed softly, filled with endless helplessness and melancholy. "I don't know either. This is something that can only be left to fate."
She has to wait until someone in the Shan family dies before she can steal their body.
However, in this world of cultivation, even the most ordinary people have a lifespan of one or two hundred years. Therefore, it will be at least one or two hundred years before she appears again.
"You have to keep this secret." Shanxi gently placed her finger on Junyan's lips, indicating that he should keep it a secret.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jun Yan gently pursed his lips around her fingertips: "And what about me? Does our marriage still stand?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
