Self-deception
At the foot of the cliff, Xu Xianlin said coldly: "You are deceiving yourself. If you are controlled by others, you will never be free."
Hey, hey, hey, are you treating me like I don’t exist? You’re actually saying this in front of me… Jiang Jingyuan glanced at her. What if Xu Qinglin runs away because of what she said? Jiang Jingyuan coughed lightly with a faint expression and opened her mouth to speak.
"That depends on who is following." Xu Qinglin said with a smile.
She turned her head and looked over with eyes full of pride, confidence and trust, and said with a smile on her face:
"My contracted partner is a saint with the appearance of an immortal. He can lead me to enlightenment and immortality."
Xu Qinglin... Jiang Jingyuan also looked at her, stunned but also a little touched.
Xu Qinglin smiled at her with his eyes curved.
"I will!" Jiang Jingyuan said immediately with determination and emotion in his eyes.
Xu Qinglin smiled and nodded, saying, "I believe you." He turned away, thinking with sorrow in his heart, "What can I do? What can I do?"
Her life was in Jiang Jingyuan's hands. If she dared to agree with Xu Xianlin, there was no guarantee that this ruthless guy Jiang Jingyuan would take the initiative to attack her.
If she could be independent, she would have done so long ago. Isn't it because she can't be independent?
If she had to choose, Jiang Jingyuan was indeed her best choice at the moment.
She could only place all her chips on Jiang Jingyuan, hoping that Jiang Jingyuan would become an immortal, so that she could rise with him.
By then, if Jiang Jingyuan has a conscience, he will naturally let her be independent. Even if he doesn't let her be independent, Jiang Jingyuan will still be the best choice she can make.
Xu Qinglin gritted his teeth and thought, this Xu Xianlin is so easy to talk about, could it be that she is happy to be controlled by others?
Up ahead, Xu Xianlin's face twisted as he thought to himself, "After three hundred years of not seeing this half-human, half-ghost creature, it's become increasingly disgusting! It's even learned to flatter me. It's becoming more and more shameless as it grows older!"
Jiang Jingyuan pressed the corners of his mouth, looked at her indifferently, said nothing, and only raised the blood seal in his hand towards her——
I have obtained the blood seal. How dare you, who has never even touched it, say that others are not living well?
It’s best that Xu Qinglin is still alive and well. You are a dying man, so you should take care of yourself!
Xu Xianlin inexplicably understood what she meant, his face darkened, and then...
She suddenly turned her head towards Xu Qinglin, her eyes blazing with fire:
"You better pray she actually lives!!"
Xu Qinglin suddenly felt guilty for a moment, then tightened her face in an instant, her heart aching. Xu Xianlin was not someone to be trifled with! But the next moment, she held her head high and her chest puffed out, her face becoming even more proud:
"She will naturally become an immortal and live forever in this world!"
No matter what, Jiang Jingyuan got the blood seal, and Xu Xianlin was still no match for the blood seal!
She wasn't worried that if Jiang Jingyuan really died, she would fall into Xu Xianlin's hands.
Jiang Jingyuan didn't survive, so how could Xu Xianlin obtain the secret of immortality and survive? As for Beigui Shuangque, they wouldn't care about what Xu Xianlin had done to her. If they really wanted to find her, they would treat her as they wanted, and they wouldn't treat her any differently just because Jiang Jingyuan and she had offended Xu Xianlin.
Xu Qinglin casually glanced at the people on and off the cliff. Aren't all those who came here, except for the Baizhetang, going to die? Even... the two masters of the Beigui Shuangque are about to meet their end.
Xu Qinglin smiled and looked up at the sky.
Jiang Jingyuan nodded repeatedly in agreement. That’s right, she would naturally become an immortal.
"Jiang Jingyuan."
Jiang Weiji's calm and indifferent voice suddenly rang out from below. Jiang Jingyuan was in a good mood, his lips curled up as he looked down.
"Bang!" The large number of intertwined figures instantly restrained the familiar illusory figure in black. The black mist at the edge of the robe shattered and dissipated, and Zhao Ningyu knelt on the gray-white altar covered in blood.
Jiang Weiji stood quietly outside the crowd, looked up, his expression calm as if there had never been any conflict, and said:
"Now that you have the Blood Seal, you must at least help me, right?"
The moment he finished speaking, a cold light flashed, a bell rang sharply, and the figures of Xu Xianlin and Yu Linhuan appeared out of thin air in the sky behind him.
The broadswords and long swords swept across the sky and earth, setting off fierce roars, and slashed down!
Jiang Weiji didn't even turn his head, but lowered his eyes and sighed softly, "You're all so impatient..." He glanced sideways at Zhao Ningyu who was standing on the edge of the altar, "Hasn't Zhao Ningyu explained everything clearly yet? You guys can't wait to take it all for yourself?"
Almost at the same time, "Whoa--" a strong wind blew out, mixed with countless cold and soft lights, and suddenly roared towards the two people behind him like a tidal wave.
Yu Linhuan and Xu Xianlin's eyes glared, their swords and machetes swirling around, clang clang clang—"clang clang clang—" They were all blocked. Another illusory figure with a human body and a fox face quickly solidified into reality, laughing and howling as it charged forward to engage in battle!
"Jiang Jingyuan?"
Jiang Weiji raised his eyes and spoke again. His voice was flat, but it sounded like urging, questioning, and a gentle and sad persuasion that could only be understood but not expressed in words. It was not strong, but the sadness lingered in his heart for a long time.
Jiang Jingyuan looked at him quietly.
Meeting an old friend in a foreign land?... Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help but feel a wave of sadness. It wasn't that she liked the Jiang family in the future, but she had an instinctive attachment to the word "return."
Xu Qinglin next to her turned his head to glance at her, lowered his eyes, and said nothing. His figure disappeared and returned to the killing realm of the magic weapon.
Jiang Jingyuan was silent for a moment, still standing on the cliff. He turned towards Xu Xianlin and said:
"It's not too late for us to dig out the secret of immortality first. Are we going to give him a chance to escape by causing chaos now?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Xianlin swung his sword and stepped back to stand outside the ancient altar, looking up at her calmly. Yu Linhuan also stepped back, silently obeying orders.
Jiang Jingyuan continued, "At least we need to show you the method to turn people into immortals first, and then we can fight, right?"
Jiang Jingyuan was puzzled. "Otherwise, should we fight while doing everything we can to stop them from escaping?"
Xu Xianlin pursed his lips, put away his sword, picked up the string of exquisite golden bells again, lowered his eyes indifferently and didn't look at her again.
——That means you agree.
Yu Linhuan also decisively put away his machete, suddenly smiled, and patted the non-existent dust on his hands, looking relaxed and casual.
Xu Xianlin slowly turned around with the golden bell in his hand, looked at the dark figure suppressed by the crowd, and asked in a calm voice:
"How do you intend to unearth the secret to immortality?"
Jiang Jingyuan lowered his eyes and looked at the vast scene at the bottom of the cliff. He listened to the whispers of people talking below, but he had no intention of going down. Instead, he sat down gently on the tree trunk.
A man in white sat high up, quietly watching in the mist.
Jiang Weiji suddenly looked up, and a strong feeling suddenly arose in his heart. It is undeniable that perhaps some people are born to be gods.
Without anyone noticing, Xu Xianlin glanced at the girl in white above him again, lowered his eyes indifferently, thinking that although Xu Qinglin's words were annoying, there was sincerity hidden in his words.
They at the bottom of the cliff, and other people outside the cliff, countless people have come one after another to seek the method of immortality, countless people have said that they want to become immortals, but... without asking others, just ask yourself, how many of you really think you can become an immortal?
I answer "yes" with my mouth, answer "yes" in my mind, and even I believe "yes", but there always comes a sudden moment, my heart trembles with fear - only at this moment, do I suddenly realize that I have never actually believed in myself.
But similarly, some people, even those who have already realized that they often do not trust themselves, may have a brief, superficial doubt on a certain matter, but their core is always inexplicably calm and confident.
It's not the frantic shouting of "I can," nor the angry, disdainful sneer at others' doubts and pressure, but rather a calmness that even puzzles oneself. I don't deliberately express it to the outside world, but I also don't shy away from anything, and I don't care about the outside world. Essentially, it's an unwavering calm, as if I were born with it.
A reminder from fate and the soul that some people are their own prophets.
How could anyone believe that such a person wouldn't become an immortal? Xu Xianlin thought, Feifan is obvious to all. Feifan goes through hardships when they should, but it also makes many people subconsciously give in and yet love her deeply.
Jiang Jingyuan looked down slightly absentmindedly, but his eyes were so dark that it was difficult to see clearly.
"Meeting an old friend in a strange land..." She murmured silently, dazed. She didn't like the Jiang family, nor did she hate them. She didn't like the Jiang family members, nor did she hate them. She didn't like or hate anyone. It was just that "meeting an old friend in a strange land" was bound to stir up a bittersweet feeling.
Jiang Jingyuan was stunned and thought: "Even if we meet an old friend in a foreign land, what Zhao Ningyu said does make sense..."
——As long as Jiang Weiji is alive, they in Yuan Kingdom will be controlled by others.
Even... Jiang Jingyuan slowly came back to his senses and looked at the crowd at the bottom of the cliff. These people were too dangerous.
She should have kept the blood seal hidden and hidden from others. But given the current situation, Jiang Jingyuan shouldn't let anyone know. Secondly, everyone here was incredibly powerful and dangerous.
Even if other people knew about it and told others about it, no one would pay any attention - and even if they did, the people who would come to me because of what they said could be easily dealt with and sent away.
But these people at the bottom of the cliff are different, and there are also people in the distant Beigui Shuangque... Picking out any one of these people is enough to give you a headache.
"What should I do, what should I do..." Jiang Jingyuan sat on the tree trunk with the blood seal in his arms, his eyes blank and he thought slowly.
As she was thinking, she circled back to the Blood Seal. She tilted her head and looked down at the Blood Seal that she was clutching tightly in her arms, wondering, "What's missing? Why is it wrong?"
This is the Blood Seal. Once it's in her hands, it's hers, and she'll never let it go. But if she can't refine the Blood Seal quickly and make it hers completely, it'll soon be snatched away by someone else...
Jiang Jingyuan suddenly hated himself a little. He thought that things would be much better and better if he had the blood seal, but when he got the blood seal with so much difficulty, he couldn't even hold it.
Even though he had the blood seal that he had been longing for, Jiang Jingyuan still couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat. He forced himself to suppress the sourness and mist in his eyes. If only he were a little more powerful, he could get the blood seal.
"Don't think about it. If you think about it, you will find what is missing..." Jiang Jingyuan forced himself to divert his attention and fell into thinking again. The sourness in his heart slowly disappeared.
"How can I refine the blood seal and achieve immortality?"
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