Chapter 111
Having successfully drawn his younger brother's attention back, the elder brother walked into the Qiumu Peak Hall with satisfaction and sat down behind the long desk.
Speaking of which, shouldn’t Sui Sui ask what the second prince of the demon clan discussed with him yesterday?
The black-clothed swordsman was pondering, and when he looked up, he saw his younger brother circling around him happily like a soft, fluffy puppy wagging its tail happily, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Still excited?"
He smiled and promised: "If you want to experience it again in the future, just come to me."
Jiang Suiyan's dark, clear eyes suddenly became sparkling. He scurried up to his brother's side, beaming, "Great! Brother, you're so good to me~"
The ending tone is soft and long, as if it has rolled in a honey pot, revealing a full and clear sweetness.
Looking at his sweet and obedient younger brother, the black-clothed swordsman couldn't help but ruffle his soft, fluffy black hair. His handsome features were filled with a light and pure tenderness. His voice was clear and smiling as he said, "Sui Sui is my only precious little brother. If I don't treat Sui Sui well, who else can I treat well?"
"Hehe..." Jiang Suiyan raised his head proudly, very proud: "Brother, of course you can only be nice to me~"
The black-clothed swordsman looked indulgent: "That's how it should be."
The black-haired boy, overjoyed by his brother's simple words, squeezed in and sat down next to his brother. His black eyes were filled with joy, and his invisible fluffy tail was about to shake into a propeller of happiness. Where was the shadow of the usual teenage frivolity and arrogance?
He is obviously a well-behaved and cute child.
The black-clothed swordsman's eyes softened as he reached out and pinched his younger brother's soft cheek.
Well, it feels as good as always.
Jiang Mingyan couldn't help but poke it again. A soft little pit appeared, and then quickly disappeared when his fingertips left.
——Very cute.
Jiang Sui Yan didn't notice anything was wrong at all, and he just looked up at his little face foolishly with a bright smile on his face.
The black-clothed swordsman looked at the little fellow's silly and happy face, and his heart softened.
I guess Suisui can't care about anything else now.
The black-clothed swordsman thought indulgently and amusedly, and took the initiative to bring up the matter: "Sui Sui, do you remember what happened after I left the Blazing Sun Secret Realm?"
"Brother, His Highness Chaoxi, and the other venerables who were invited went to discuss something." Jiang Suiyan was confused: "Brother, you don't remember something that just happened yesterday?"
Suisui put away her soft and sticky smile and began to observe her brother with confused eyes.
Jiang Mingyan sighed helplessly and caressed his younger brother's furry head lovingly. He didn't mention his own thoughts about his younger brother being foolish. He just said, "Yesterday I promised you that I would explain everything I could say to you. Sui Sui, do you still want to listen now?"
"Listen!" Jiang Suiyan quickly sat up straight and said seriously, "You have to listen."
The black-clothed swordsman smiled softly and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Jiang Suiyan: "Brother, wait——"
The black-clothed swordsman raised his eyebrows.
"Let me speak first..." Jiang Suiyan grabbed his brother's sleeve flatteringly: "Let me guess, see if I'm right..."
Seeing his younger brother's beautiful black and white eyes looking at him eagerly, the black-robed swordsman smiled in his deep phoenix eyes: "Okay, Sui Sui, go ahead and talk first."
Jiang Suiyan smiled brightly and quickly told his guess: "His Highness Zhaoxi once refused Master Fengxun's request to tell us the truth."
"No matter what he thought in his heart, judging from the final result, he didn't want us to enter the Blazing Sun Secret Realm to find Aunt Jingjia. But this time, he took the initiative to come to Qiumu Peak to find you, hoping that we could enter the Blazing Sun Secret Realm..."
"The Blazing Sun Secret Realm contains something he wants, and only we can get it—not just him, many people hope we can get it..." Jiang Suiyan's mind raced, and his speech gradually quickened. "Many aristocratic families and sects participated in this trip to Xihe City. Do the demon race really have that much face? They all have a common goal... me, you, Shao Jishuang... the spirit race. They're actually pinning their hopes on the spirit race."
Jiang Suiyan frowned and hesitated: "Brother, does everyone know about His Highness Zhaoxi's plan?"
The black-robed swordsman understood his younger brother's unspoken intention and explained, "His Highness Chaoxi initially only informed the various sect leaders and family heads, as well as Daoist Master Fengxun, who already knew Aunt Jingjia's location. The rest of the people, even the venerables invited to Xihe City, were unaware of the details."
As for whether they already had some guesses in their minds...that's a matter of opinion.
The black-clothed swordsman's thick eyelashes dropped slightly, hiding the ripples in his eyes.
Jiang Suiyan breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "The human race, the demon race, the mermaid race, and the witch race..."
Thinking of those venerables who had captured his imagination with a strong exotic charm, Jiang Suiyan's dark eyes flashed with seriousness. "Almost the entire Qianyuan Realm has been alarmed. Brother, is this because of the dead city incident eight years ago?"
"Right." The black-clothed swordsman looked at his younger brother with approval, a hint of pride radiating from his brows. "Sui Sui, your guess is correct."
He slowly recounted what he had learned from the Second Prince of the Demon Tribe yesterday: "Eight years ago, Bluestone City quietly became a dead city. The cause is still unknown, and within just a few months, two more cities have followed in Bluestone City's footsteps."
Jiang Sui Yan listened quietly to his brother's clear and cool voice.
"The human race was shocked, and all the immortal sects and families sent people to investigate, but still found nothing."
"Followed by this, bad news arrived one after another. Similar situations also occurred within the hundreds of tribes in the Northern Sea. The elders of the Tianyu Sect devoted their lifespans to divination, but were obscured by the divine will and gained nothing."
"Half a year ago, a dispute arose between several direct descendants of the Changsun clan in Luofan City and the Duobao Pavilion. The Duobao Pavilion, which has always believed in peace, was unusually tough. Those Changsun clan members suffered losses and secretly began to monitor the Duobao Pavilion, hoping to find evidence of their guilt."
The black-clothed swordsman's lips curled up in a cold arc: "Perhaps victory is in sight, they got too complacent, and actually let the descendants of the Changsun family discover the 'evidence' of their crime."
Jiang Suiyan was slightly startled. Looking at his brother's cold expression, he immediately understood: "Tianji Clan."
"Indeed, Duobao Pavilion was founded by the Tianji Clan," the black-clothed swordsman said calmly. "Duobao Pavilion has stood firm for many years. Aside from Wuzhou, its branches are spread across the other three continents. The immortal sects and noble families all have some connection to Duobao Pavilion, but when asked about the mastermind behind it, they know nothing."
"Once the matter was reported, it quickly received attention from all ethnic groups."
"The Tianji Clan has become increasingly silent over the years, with most of its members staying in Donglu City. They even didn't participate in the rare joint investigation of the Dead City by putting aside their grudges."
The black-clothed swordsman sneered, "Thanks to their non-involvement, we now have the opportunity to uncover the truth."
"The demon clan is now almost entirely controlled by the second prince of the demon clan. He knows that the Tianji clan has taken away the sacred artifact that the spirit clan has guarded for many years. Now he has discovered that the Tianji clan has been playing a game for countless years, using the Qianyuan Realm as a chessboard and all living beings as chess pieces..."
"At a time like this, he actually thought of the Spirit Clan." Jiang Suiyan's eyes were as cold as his brother's. "That's why we went to Xihe City and entered the Blazing Sun Secret Realm."
The second prince of the demon clan always puts the interests of the demon clan first.
Jiang Suiyan: "Brother, did Chaoxi get the result he wanted?"
The black-robed swordsman said, "Perhaps. The combined power of all tribes cannot be underestimated. We were deceived before only because they each worked independently and never paid attention to these things. Now that they are serious, they will soon uncover the Tianji tribe's plan."
There are three thousand worlds, and Qianyuan Realm is just one of them.
No matter where they started from, all the races in the Qianyuan Realm had a long and arduous journey to immortality, with many obstacles to overcome.
After the patriarch of the Tianji tribe entered the tribulation period, he began to have many inner demons.
He knew that he could not go any further, but he was unwilling to give up, and he came up with the idea of sacrificing the entire Qianyuan Realm and replacing the Heavenly Dao.
He accidentally learned that the holy weapon guarded by the spirit race was transformed from the origin of the Qianyuan Realm, and as long as the holy weapon existed, the foundation of the way of heaven would be solid and difficult to subvert.
So he deceived the Eldar into trusting them, destroyed them, got the holy artifact, and tried to tame it. Unfortunately, he didn't know how to do it, and ended up in a stalemate.
But the leader of the Spirit Clan did not give up. While trying various methods to make the holy weapon recognize its master, he secretly made plans, established the Duobao Pavilion, and killed the remaining cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
"Over the years, all those cities that have become dead have become his nourishment." The black-clothed swordsman said calmly, "Zhaoxi doesn't know that you and I are transformed from sacred artifacts. He just hopes that we can get some information about the sacred artifact from Aunt Jingjia."
"I didn't expect that I would advance to the Tribulation Crossing Stage by accident." The black-clothed swordsman seemed to smile.
Jiang Suiyan's fingertips trembled slightly.
He knew what this meant.
But since his brother didn't mention it, he wanted to pretend that nothing was wrong.
He tried hard to recall, remembering that eight years ago, he was suddenly teleported from Shuixi Town, which was under the protection of Qingmiao Sect, to Qingshi City, which had become a dead city... Before being teleported away, he was standing on the stone road a few steps away from Duobao Pavilion.
He remembered that he and his brother had once issued a mission in Duobao Pavilion, hoping to find his aunt's whereabouts...
Pursing his lips slightly, Jiang Suiyan calmly initiated the conversation: "Brother, when we issued the mission, we were actually proactively informing the Tianji Clan of our existence, right?"
"They've known about us for a long time." The black-robed swordsman soothed his younger brother's thin yet resilient back. "The Jiang family attacked my father and mother at the instigation of the Tianji Clan. They knew of our existence then."
The Jiang family chose a very clever time to take action.
The ten years agreed upon with Jiang Zhenyu were about to end. Seeing that a new life was about to begin, his parents couldn't help but relax a little. In addition, his spiritual roots were broken, and most of their energy was occupied by searching for spiritual plants...
"A-niang originally thought that the curse was effective, and with the green-leafed Hypericum she left in the courtyard, the Jiang family would be hesitant to attack us."
"As for the Tianji Clan, they suffered losses from the holy artifacts at the hands of my mother and aunt. They won't easily attack us until they know the whereabouts of the two holy artifacts that my mother took away."
A Niang had considered everything for them, but unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes.
It took several years for the curse to show up on the Jiang family members, but Jiang Ruke and other younger members of the Jiang family were unaware of the truth and intended to burn them alive.
Hearing this, Jiang Suiyan reached out and hugged his brother: "Brother, Dad and Mom are always blessing us over there."
"In the Dusk Mountains, the Mysterious Light Beast, with a stroke of genius, sent us to Central Continent, completely severing the Tianji Clan's control over our whereabouts."
His eyes seemed like clear, flawless gemstones, shimmering with brilliance and reflecting a myriad of lights. "Even though we ended up walking into the Duobao Pavilion like we were being trapped, not long after we left, we fell into the Spiritual Sea and disappeared for five years."
"Once we emerge from the depths of the Spirit Sea, we will no longer be the pitiful little creatures that can be bullied by others."
The black-robed swordsman held his younger brother in his arms and whispered, "Sui Sui is right. Father and Mother have always been blessing us."
"So, brother, you will definitely return safely." Jiang Sui Yan rested his chin on his brother's shoulder and finally brought up the topic, his eyes stubborn.
The black-clothed swordsman gently stroked his younger brother's back and promised softly, "I will."
Neither Jiang Mingyan nor Jiang Suiyan mentioned another option.
Yes, Jiang Mingyan can choose not to go.
But if the deathly aura spreads and the Qianyuan Realm is reduced to ruins, who can remain unscathed?
Jiang Mingyan was fully aware of the situation he would face. Although he and the Tianji Clan leader were the only two people in the Qianyuan Realm who had reached the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the Tianji Clan leader had been in this stage for tens of thousands of years and possessed profound cultivation, while he had only been there for a few days.
The gap between them was like a chasm.
But this time, I have to go.
Must also succeed.
Jiang Mingyan slowly stroked Sui Sui's soft black hair, his eyes as deep as the sea, surging with a deep and urgent desire for victory.
His brother still needs him.
Besides, how could he bear to let Suisui face this huge and changing world alone?
Jiang Mingyan's eyes were filled with emotions, which finally turned into an unstoppable sharpness.
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