Chapter 69 Don't even think about it, you can't escape.
No one knows what Pei Yan did, but Pei Jing never appeared again after that.
Pei Yan, a character not frequently mentioned in the novel, now wields a divine artifact capable of restarting the world at any time. He appears childlike, but having experienced an inexplicable and bizarre event, he can now see the true nature of the world and sometimes acts like an adult with a profound mind.
Jiang Zhishui was also confused at this moment. She stood by the window, watching the crowds on the street and the bright sunshine outside. Everything and everyone she came into contact with in this world was alive and well. If she and Jing Qianheng were to leave one day, would this place fall into a dead silence again?
Judging from Pei Yan, Jiang Zhishui guessed that the problem with this system was not as simple as just missing parts.
“There’s another person, sister, do you know Li Mo?” Pei Yan sat at the table, eating the dishes brought by the waiter, and said, “I’ve only seen his eyes, light gray pupils, easy to recognize. Back then, he would possess other people every once in a while, but each time the person he possessed was stiff, he couldn’t move, and he would get furious every time, it was really funny.”
Jiang Zhishui, recalling Liu Chuxi's unusual behavior earlier, turned around and asked, "What did that person say to you back then?"
Pei Yan bit into a chicken leg, tore off a piece of meat, chewed it, thought for a moment, and said, "He didn't say anything. I only know his name."
Jiang Zhishui leaned against the window, crossed her arms, looked out the window, took a deep breath, and seemed unsettled.
Yingxue once asked her if she had also received instructions from her master before agreeing to marry Qingyu Emperor.
In her first life, Jiang Zhishui did indeed cultivate a forbidden technique under the guidance of an elder, but she couldn't remember much about that time. At first, she thought it was the memory loss caused by cultivating the technique, but now that she thinks about it, her memory of accidentally entering the lightning array is also very vague.
When Ying Xue asked Jiang Zhishui about it, she seriously tried to recall what had happened back then, but as soon as she tried to recall that period of time, her mind went blank.
Seeing her like that, Ying Xue told her about how her Uncle-Master Song An had seen someone possessed by their grandmaster. The possessed person had no memory of what they did when they were possessed, and didn't even realize that they had been possessed.
The time that the Grandmaster could possess others was limited; sometimes he would be forced to leave before he could finish speaking.
Jiang Zhishui suspected that she might have been possessed and controlled at the time.
Moreover, based on Pei Yan's words, it remains to be seen whether the person Song An saw at that time was his master.
Li Mo is an ancient demonic dragon and an ancestor of the Jing family, the royal family of the Jin Kingdom. He mated with a human in order to find the strongest offspring and be reborn in their body...
Knowing so much information all at once made Jiang Zhishui dizzy. She rubbed her temples, glanced at the street outside the window, and suddenly saw Liu Chuxi and Lin Ye appear in the crowd. She subconsciously hid inside the house.
If the two discover that she has escaped, they will definitely catch her and bring her back.
However, she was worried about Liu Chuxi's situation, so she decided to follow her secretly to see if Liu Chuxi was still being manipulated.
Unfortunately, Pei Jing also broke through the trap set by Pei Yan, and he also chased him to this small border town.
On one side were Pei Jing and his demon underlings, and on the other side were Liu Chuxi and Lin Ye and their immortal disciples. Jiang Zhishui and Pei Yandong were hiding and forced to the back of a carriage. The two groups of people were weaving through the crowd and slowly approaching.
Just as the two were wondering where to hide, the carriage curtain was lifted, and a disheveled old man inside gestured for them to come in. The coachman slowly pulled the reins forward. Without further ado, Jiang Zhishui picked up Pei Yan, who had transformed into a little white fox, and jumped into the carriage.
The carriage stopped at a mansion, and several servants came to serve him. The disheveled uncle seemed to be a wealthy man. He had a big belly, messy hair, and black grease around his mouth. He was so bloated that he had trouble climbing the steps, and two or three servants helped him walk towards the gate.
Jiang Zhishui frowned as she watched his retreating figure, then, carrying the sleeping little white fox, followed him into the mansion.
This gentleman's surname was Wu, and he had a large group of beautiful wives and concubines. When he sat down at the banquet, Jiang Zhishui was forced to watch him being surrounded by a group of beauties. They would feed him wine one moment and a few grapes the next. The beauties were alluring, and from time to time they would press their soft waists against his body and lie on his lap, engaging in all sorts of excessively intimate acts.
Jiang Zhishui could only look up at the food in front of her and try to ignore the inappropriate scenery.
Master Wu waved his hand to shoo away the others, then put his arm around a plump concubine beside him. Looking at Jiang Zhishui, who seemed uncomfortable, he laughed and said, "There are plenty of beauties in this world. Do you think he was confined to the palace since childhood and has never seen many women, which is why he has become so narrow-minded and only wants one?"
Jiang Zhishui stroked the white fox's head for a long while before saying, "So...you want him to marry several more?"
"No, I don't know who he takes after. No matter how many lifetimes he goes through, he will fall in love with the same person. I really can't do anything about it." Master Wu said, "But later I found out that it was all destined. Meeting such a person was his fate, and it was also the turning point for my rebirth."
Jiang Zhishui said, "Li Mo... your preferences when you possess other people are quite unique."
The possession period is limited and highly uncontrollable, probably not subject to his will; otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen the body of such a large, fat old man.
Jiang Zhishui didn't expect these key figures to suddenly gather together. She originally wanted to follow Liu Chuxi and the others to investigate the truth of the possession, but as soon as she got on the carriage, she directly came face to face with the original body.
"Laugh, laugh all you want." Master Wu pushed away the concubine beside him. The alluring beauty gave a coquettish reproach, but seeing his fierce expression, she dared not approach him again and quickly retreated.
“I didn’t laugh,” Jiang Zhishui said seriously.
Master Wu said, "Do you think I like this? If those bastards hadn't beaten me to pieces back then, I wouldn't have ended up like this."
"I see you... know quite a lot." Jiang Zhishui wanted to find out Li Mo's true purpose, and upon discovering that Master Wu had been possessed, she decisively followed him into the mansion. "You can even foresee some things that haven't happened yet..."
Old Master Wu downed a glass of wine and slammed it heavily on the table, shattering the glass instantly. "I've witnessed your wedding three times... Oh, right, the third time he had several women with him, but since you died, he's rarely shown any weakness. I couldn't find a chance to get out. The only time I finally did was when he dreamed about you..."
“From that time on, I accidentally discovered that one day I could possess people other than him.” Master Wu slammed his hand on the table, stood up and said, “You don’t know how crazy this world is. My remnant soul has traveled through time and space several times. Although I was not in control of my own body, I could still do many things.”
After learning about Pei Yan's situation, Jiang Zhishui was no longer so surprised that Li Mo could travel through time. "You were the one who made me cultivate forbidden techniques, and you also made me risk my life to kill Emperor Qingyu... Did you possess my body at one point?"
Master Wu placed his hand on the table and walked towards Jiang Zhishui. He stared at Jiang Zhishui and frowned, saying, "I also felt there was a problem later. Although I tried my best to stop you and make you turn against each other, it always backfired. So I simply let you walk into that thunder array. That guy will only waver when it comes to you."
Jiang Zhishui looked up at Master Wu, whose fat couldn't be contained even by the brightest silk. He was panting after a few steps and rested his hands on the table. She glanced at his double chin and said in a steady tone, "Oh... I understand."
Li Mo was an ancient demon dragon who was severely injured in the war between immortals and demons, losing all his power and only able to transform into a mortal and enjoy the lifespan of an ordinary person. After his death, his power would continue to be passed on to his descendants. In the original novel, the initial part of the story remained largely unchanged, but then this wisp of his remnant soul's consciousness was added.
According to him, he was hidden in the dragon's breath and has survived to this day through the inheritance of his bloodline.
The third time Li Mo mentioned should be the third life in the original novel, which was only mentioned briefly. Originally, it wasn't really a third life; it was just that Jing Qianheng and several female protagonists accidentally entered an illusion, and he thought he was starting over. He then met Jiang Zhishui and began a new life.
Once the illusion dissipates, the main characters return to reality, defeat the powerful monster, and move on to the next part of the story. This third incarnation is merely a minor episode and not a significant part of the main plot.
Li Mo said that Jing Qianheng was able to find an opportunity to reappear in the human world because he dreamed of her, but this wisp of soul had no suitable body to support it, so it could only possess different people and appear briefly.
He can not only possess bodies, but also transcend time and space to possess different people. This seems like an extra variable in the plot, but his existence itself actually drives the story forward, perfectly connecting with the original story. He's not a superfluous plot point; in fact, it's the main reason that changes everything.
So... was it inevitable that she would travel back to her first life?
"What do you know?" Old Master Wu laughed, his fat face jiggling. "The real fun hasn't even started yet."
Jiang Zhishui was startled by Master Wu's smile. She stood up, stumbled, and couldn't help but pinch the back of the white fox's neck. He cried out and woke up.
Mr. Wu's smile faded, and he said unhappily, "The way you look at me makes me very unhappy."
Jiang Zhishui forced a smile. "It's understandable that anyone would be a little scared after hearing this."
Pei Yan, nestled in Jiang Zhishui's arms, stood on end with her white fur bristling. The little white fox bared her teeth and made no attempt to intimidate the enormous Master Wu before her.
With a cold face, Master Wu turned his back and said, "Let's leave it at that for today and talk about it tomorrow."
"I've troubled you greatly today, and I should take my leave now." Jiang Zhishui glanced at the door, quickly bowed to Master Wu, and turned to walk towards the door. "We'll meet again someday."
Just as she reached the door, several doors slammed shut automatically. Jiang Zhishui reached out to push them, but was thrown back by several electric shocks. She was carrying the white fox and knocked over a chair, barely managing to regain her balance.
Old Master Wu walked slowly, panting heavily: "Don't even think about it, you can't escape."
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