Qin Zhi's move was so subtle that everyone assumed it was Fu Lanjun's doing, which finally allowed Qi Shanqing to let go of the past.
Jiang Si had a hard time explaining herself.
She said in a very low voice, "It was nothing, why didn't you help earlier?"
"The time is not yet ripe," Qin Zhi smiled mysteriously. "Everything has its destiny. If the time is not right, disaster may strike."
"..." We're all charlatans, so there's no need to make it sound so mystical.
Fu Lanjun was pleasantly surprised and wanted to tell Jiang Si, but when she turned her head and saw Jiang Si and Qin Zhi standing together, her expression changed drastically.
Qin Zhi looked at Fu Lanjun with great interest.
Fu Lanjun lowered her head, not daring to meet his gaze.
Jiang Si: "..." Do you two have some kind of connection that I don't understand?
After much deliberation, Fu Lanjun quietly went over. Jiang Si had helped him so much; he couldn't let her be deceived by villains.
While Qi Shanqing was still in a daze, Fu Lanjun pulled Jiang Si to the other side.
He whispered, "Master Jiang, that's not a good person."
Jiang Si glanced at Qin Zhi out of the corner of her eye, but Qin Zhi remained nonchalant. To be honest, she didn't know if her "brother" was a good person, but she had no doubt that he was her biological brother.
The reason she said he might be her younger brother is because Jiang Si vaguely remembered that when the Asura King appeared, he was about the same age as her, so it was really hard to say who was older.
"How so?" Jiang Si asked cooperatively.
Fu Lanjun was somewhat afraid of Qin Zhi, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "Master Jiang, didn't you go to the underworld to chase after Xiang Zhiyi? I saw that Xiang Zhiyi was colluding with that man."
Jiang Si glanced at Qin Zhi.
She hadn't expected this.
"Is this the secret you were talking about?"
"Yes. Also, I once saw your corpse...body in a forbidden area."
Jiang Si understood.
No wonder her original body suddenly reappeared back then; it turns out someone had been keeping it safe for her for free for many years.
With so many people around, Jiang Si couldn't ask Qin Zhi directly, so she could only wait until they got back to settle the score with him.
Over there, Qi Shanqing looked at her master, covering her face and weeping.
Master Wuyou gently patted her shoulder and said comfortingly, "It's good that you're awake, it's good that you're awake."
He had originally thought that he might never see his prized disciple wake up again in his lifetime.
Master Wuyou was extremely grateful to Jiang Si, saying, "I will chant sutras with my disciples for seven days to thank Jiang Si for saving my life."
The fact that an enlightened person would recite scriptures for her is an immeasurable act of merit, far greater than that of an ordinary person.
Jiang Si originally only wanted to obtain Fu Lanjun's secret, but she didn't expect to gain this extra benefit.
"Then I'll have to trouble Master Wuyou." Jiang Si offered the highest form of thanks in Taoism.
Qi Shanqing also looked at Jiang Si, her eyes gradually regaining their clarity.
As someone involved, she naturally knew that a force had pulled her out of the situation by brute force. She didn't want to concern herself with who her master should thank, but rather with whose handiwork it was.
The fact that someone in this world could pull her out of her unconscious state speaks volumes about their magical power.
Could it be the woman in front of me?
Or perhaps it was that tall man who remained relaxed and at ease throughout.
"Thank you, Master Jiang, for saving my life," Qi Shanqing said weakly.
Jiang Si deserves it.
The person her brother saved was no different from the person she saved.
Fu Lanjun's obsession has been resolved, and she should be reincarnated again.
Jiang Si wanted to ask him if he wanted to enter reincarnation again, but seeing the two of them being so hesitant, she figured it wouldn't be his turn to make a move. They probably already had their own answers about whether or not to enter reincarnation again.
Such a simple thing, Qi Shanqing and Master Wuyou could do in no time.
It was getting late, and Master Wuyou arranged rooms for Jiang Si and Qin Zhi to rest.
Just as Jiang Si was about to knock on the door, Qin Zhi opened it for her, saying, "Please close the door."
Jiang Si's hand froze there. She pursed her lips and deftly closed the door.
"You're the one who hid my body back then?"
"Tsk," Qin Zhi chuckled, "I thought you'd ask some insightful questions?"
"..." This question is already quite informative, isn't it?
Fortunately, Qin Zhi didn't make things difficult for her.
"You learned body-refining techniques at Qingyun Temple, which means that a large part of your magical power depends on your original body. To prevent you from taking the wrong path, I, as your older brother, have to do my part to help you."
"Then why did you fight me back then?"
Qin Zhi's forehead twitched involuntarily: "Please get this straight. It was you, all you so-called righteous sects, who attacked us without any regard for right or wrong. I was forced to defend myself. Besides, I didn't know anything about you or my background at the time."
Jiang Si thought back to those days and felt somewhat resentful.
"Then what's the deal with Xiang Zhiyi? Knowing I have a grudge against her, why did you still help her?"
Qin Zhi glanced at her and sighed, "You are also a cultivator, you should know that everything has a cause and effect. Perhaps your karmic entanglement with her is because you have karmic debts to repay?"
Jiang Si was about to laugh.
"How could I, a cultivator, not know whether I have incurred karmic debts?"
From the past to the present, Jiang Si's goal has always been ascension to immortality, so she is extremely careful not to incur any karmic debts.
"You may have forgotten that a member of a prominent family once wanted to marry you, but you ignored him completely. When he persisted, you even chased him away."
"So what?" As the shameless number one beauty of Qingyun, there were countless people who wanted to become her Daoist partner back then, how could she possibly remember them all?
"The problem is that this guy couldn't handle the psychological pressure and committed suicide. His childhood sweetheart, Xiang Zhiyi, never married and lived with that regret for the rest of her life. She felt that if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have gone to Qingyun Temple and wouldn't have fallen in love at first sight. And you are the culprit."
"Perhaps it was because you didn't kill Bo Ren that Bo Ren died because of you."
“No,” Jiang Si almost laughed in anger, “What does this have to do with me? How could I possibly be affected by this? Does the way of Heaven even make sense?”
Qin Zhi glanced at the roof and said, "Why don't you try reasoning with me?"
"..." Jiang Si held back.
They cannot defy the will of Heaven.
To put it bluntly, Jiang Si was afraid that her path to ascension would be jeopardized.
She had no choice but to take it one step at a time.
The thought of Qin Zhi mentioning that there might be a lunatic behind the scenes made Jiang Si feel uneasy.
"Maybe we can try to reason with that lunatic?" Jiang Si said whimsically.
"I don't know," Qin Zhi said. "But don't get your hopes up. Making yourself stronger is the most important thing."
Thinking of this, Jiang Si felt somewhat discouraged.
Qin Zhi has cultivated for ten thousand years, yet he is still no match for that person. She almost fought to a draw with Qin Zhi back then, but now that ten thousand years have passed, Qin Zhi has made rapid progress while she has stagnated for ten thousand years. How could she possibly be a match for that person?
Qin Zhi was also a little worried, but he still comforted him, "Don't push yourself too hard. That guy has wanted to be Thanos for many years, and we're still living in peace, aren't we?"
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