Chapter 77 Key Resonance and Master's Letter
Key Resonance and Master's Letter
The words "Wangchuan" were like a stone dropped into a frozen lake, stirring up waves in Jiang Xuelan's heart. The name of his hometown, appearing in this way on an ancient, broken stele and resonating with the key left by his mother, could not be a mere coincidence.
Li Jiuyou also suppressed his anger temporarily. His red-gold eyes stared at the broken monument and the faintly glowing key, his brows furrowed: "Wangchuan? This name sounds familiar... I seem to have heard it somewhere..." He tried hard to recall. It seemed that it was a place that his brother Feng Ye occasionally mentioned a long time ago. It was related to the gods, but his memory was vague.
The intensity of the transmission, the complex emotions of excitement, nostalgia, vigilance, and sadness that suddenly surged through Jiang Xuelan, were clearly transmitted, causing Li Jiuyou's originally irritable mood to inexplicably calm down a little, and even gave rise to a sense of... an inexplicable resonance? As if that place also meant something to him.
"Master's stay here... could it also be related to this 'Forgetful River'?" Jiang Xuelan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and analyzed calmly. He approached the broken stele and carefully examined the runes activated by the Jianmu fragments, trying to decipher more information.
The runes were so badly damaged that, aside from the two characters "Wangchuan," most of the others were unrecognizable. However, Jiang Xuelan noticed a small, inconspicuous depression at the base of the stone tablet, near the bonfire ashes. The shape... seemed to match the bronze key in his hand.
He had an idea and took out the key. After hesitating for a moment, he finally put it carefully into the recess.
The moment the key was inserted, the entire broken stele shook slightly, and a layer of light like ripples flowed across its surface. Then, the word "Yuan" and the verdant vine pattern on the key illuminated, connecting with certain runes on the stele to form a brief, small light array.
In the light array, a faint aura of Ling Xuzi's spiritual energy spread out, condensing into a line of tiny words that only Jiang Xuelan could clearly see:
"Xue Lan, if you see this message, follow the key's instructions. Don't trust others and carefully investigate the past. Master... I feel guilty."
The words flashed by, and then the light array dissipated, and the key returned to calm, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
But Jiang Xuelan froze in place, his ice-blue eyes filled with shock and confusion!
The message left by Master!
"Don't trust others"? Who does that refer to? Fellow immortals? Or... Li Jiuyou?
"Carefully investigate the past"? Did Master know what he was investigating? Or even... hint that the past wasn't what he thought it was?
“Feeling guilty”? Why does Master feel guilty? To whom?
Countless questions instantly filled his mind, making him lose his mind for a moment.
"Hey! Ice Face! What's wrong? What did that old fogey leave behind?" Li Jiuyou noticed Jiang Xuelan's expression was off, and couldn't help but step forward and ask. His tone was still aggressive, but with a subtle hint of urgency. From the other end, he could sense the violent turmoil in Jiang Xuelan's heart at the moment. It was a complex mixture of wavering trust, confusion, and a certain pain, making him feel inexplicably irritated and... a little uneasy?
Jiang Xuelan snapped back to his senses, quickly suppressing all outward emotion and returning to an icy calm. He put away the key and said calmly, "It's nothing, just a simple warning from our Master, telling us to proceed with caution."
He chose to conceal it. It wasn't that he distrusted Li Jiuyou (perhaps a little?), but the Master's message was too vague and shocking, and he needed time to digest and judge it. Moreover, Li Jiuyou's hostility towards the Master was so obvious that telling him now would only lead to greater conflict.
The feeling of weakness continued to come from the other end, and Li Jiuyou clearly caught the fleeting concealment and vigilance! Although Jiang Xuelan concealed it very well, the Heart-Slaying Contract Link was extremely sensitive to emotions!
An indescribable anger and feeling of hurt instantly surged into Li Jiuyou's heart!
Great! He still trusts that old-fashioned guy! They just... ate rabbit together (?) and went through so much together! And yet, that old guy's nonsense, which I don't know if it's true or not, makes him immediately put up a wall against me!
"Oh! An ordinary warning?" Li Jiuyou sneered, his scarlet-gold eyes full of sarcasm, "Okay! Jiang Xuelan, you can believe whoever you want! I don't bother with your business!" After saying that, he turned around abruptly, walked to a large rock in the distance and sat down, his whole body emitting a low pressure of "keep away from strangers", his heart was sour and angry, and there was also a kind of grievance that he was unwilling to admit.
Jiang Xuelan also felt Li Jiuyou's intense anger and hurt at being "betrayed," which caused a strange stab in his heart, and his fingertips curled slightly. He wanted to say something, but his master's warning and the trust he had in the Immortal Sect and his master for fifteen years prevented him from easily revealing the truth.
The atmosphere dropped to freezing point again.
Ah Che looked at the two, his face filled with worry. Man Gu scratched his head, bewildered. Xuan Jia sighed, "Suspicion is a poison that penetrates the intestines..."
Xingtong still smiled charmingly. She walked to the broken stele, stretched out her pale fingers to stroke the runes, and said softly: "Master Ling Xuzi... is a man with a story. I heard that he was also full of vigor and vitality when he was young, but because of a major change, he became taciturn and often stayed in the pile of old papers in the library, as if he was looking for something, and as if he was... running away from something." Her words seemed to be suggestive, and her eyes drifted towards Jiang Xuelan.
Jiang Xuelan's heart trembled. Xingtong's words seemed to echo his master's "feeling guilty."
At this moment, the bronze key heated up slightly again, and this time, it pointed to a clear direction - no longer southeast, but a deep canyon in the northeast!
The guidance of the key deviated from the original guidance of the Jianmu fragments!
"This... which way should I go?" Ache looked at the Jianmu fragments in his hand that were shining with some hesitation, and then looked at the key in Jiang Xuelan's hand, feeling embarrassed.
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