Chapter 123 Asking a very presumptuous question
In retrospect, it seems that everything was actually foreseeable.
Mu Jianjian quickly searched through the records of potions in the books, and said, "You can look up some potions related to rotten fruit. I remember the scent of that potion is a bit like the scent I smelled in the giant pool of the Lingyu region."
“It is indeed strange that you put it that way,” Ye Xuanzhi said with a serious face, recalling the information he had collected about Jingxu Garden before entering Yingzhou. “Although this Lingyu is full of poisonous plants, the rotten fruits in the dark pool are mostly unnoticed. But recently, they have been making us pick rotten fruits frequently. I’m afraid it’s for the purpose of making medicine.”
Mu Jianjian nodded, put the book back, and picked up the bamboo scroll hanging on the wall. "If you find the potion, what should you do?"
Does he want to find the formula so he can research and create it himself, or does he simply want to destroy it?
“Jianjian, our goal has been the same from the beginning, you don’t need to doubt me,” Ye Xuanzhi leaned closer to the girl, “This kind of potion makes cultivators addicted to illusory advancement. If I don’t destroy it, who will?”
The man's voice rose with absolute confidence. It should have been a happy thing to find comrades-in-arms in the united front, but Mu Jianjian suddenly had a flash of inspiration and snapped the jade slip shut.
She quickly turned around, walked up to Ye Xuanzhi, and looked solemnly into his eyes, "Do you know who is behind this potion?"
"What?" Ye Xuanzhi was startled by the girl's nervousness.
He was slightly stunned.
Mu Jianjian clicked her tongue, lowered her head to reorganize her thoughts, then looked up at him intently, "Do you believe me?"
"I believe you." Looking back at the girl's expression, Ye Xuanzhi inexplicably followed her train of thought and nodded. "Jianjian, have you thought of something? I set up a barrier here earlier, so don't worry."
Although he didn't understand why, he knew that she must have had a reason for asking that question.
Moreover, as they spent time together, Ye Xuanzhi knew that the girl favored by Bai Tuan was kind-hearted, and her battle with the sea monster had proven her clear and open-minded Dao heart.
"You come from the upper realm, and the person who created this potion also comes from the upper realm, right?"
This time, Mu Jianjian didn't want to be the riddle teller anymore. She wanted to tell the truth openly and honestly, and sort out the information gap between the two sides.
After all, Ye Xuanzhi remained kind until the end in the original book, and he was the one who stepped in to stop the other male protagonists from doing evil.
After a moment of stunned silence, Ye Xuanzhi suddenly laughed. He leaned closer to the girl and asked curiously, "Yes, but how did you know?"
He was forced down by his parents to deal with this matter, and only knew some of the inside story. Mu Jianjian actually pointed out his origin in one sentence, and then connected it to the person behind the potion.
"You mean the Upper Realm? You have so many magical artifacts, yet you're only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and you don't even try to hide what you have. It's easy to guess that you're not simple, right? Besides, you keep referring to yourself as 'this young master,' aren't you just trying to remind others of that?"
“This has nothing to do with the Upper Realm.” Ye Xuanzhi opened a jade slip and continued to ask.
His parents even said that people in the lower realm didn't know they existed. Weren't they treating people like fools?
"You say you belong to no sect or school, doesn't that mean you come from the upper realm?"
"Then the person who made the potion—" Ye Xuanzhi found it extremely interesting. The other party was uncovering his secret step by step, using an exceptionally concerned tone.
"It doesn't matter, Ye Xuanzhi, what I need is your affirmation!" Mu Jianjian picked up the last jade slip, and she turned her head eagerly, her hair swaying as she turned.
Don't change the subject!
“Jianjian, I didn’t want to tell you this because I was protecting you,” Ye Xuanzhi said, his smile fading. He seemed to have thought of something, his expression turning cold and his tone becoming unusually serious. “After this parting at Jingxu Garden, you don’t need to get involved in anything related to the potions anymore. I will handle it.”
“I know, but protection won’t make a person grow.” She spoke clearly, her brows furrowed as she met Ye Xuanzhi’s eyes.
Mu Jianjian inexplicably thought of the many plot questions she encountered when reading novels in the past, such as "Should we tell the protagonist who killed his relatives, friends, and enemies?"
Often, the other party will choose to tell you "when you become powerful," but when exactly will you become powerful?
Cultivation is a never-ending process; no one can remain stagnant forever.
She wanted to gain the strength to ascend to the upper realm, but while she was making progress in her cultivation, the other party was also advancing.
Back in the Xuan Tian Secret Realm, the Upper Realm had already infiltrated their forces. We've already encountered them before, and there will only be more to come.
“Jianjian, I…” Seemingly moved by the girl’s firm and bright eyes, Ye Xuanzhi sighed softly and nodded, “I come from the Xuanmen of the Upper Realm. My father found out that someone in the Immortal Palace used a special technique to come to the Lower Realm, so he asked me to investigate. I never expected that I would find the potion by following the clues.”
"Mysterious Sect? Immortal Palace?"
"My family, to put it simply, practices feng shui," Ye Xuanzhi said, his brows furrowed with undisguised pride, his voice brimming with confidence. "You know, it's fortune telling. Brother, I can do a fortune telling for you, how about it?"
"Why do you stay on our mainland?" Mu Jianjian seized on the blind spot in his words.
Judging from his words, he seems to have always been here, but as a member of the upper realm, what need is there for him to stay in what he calls the "lower realm"?
These words made Ye Xuanzhi gasp, his face showing impatience. "Don't even mention it. When I was born, my mother insisted that my father find a way to tell my fortune. Even though our Xuanmen has a rule that the fortune teller cannot be a close relative or friend of the person, my mother cried, and my father had no reason not to do it. In the end, he still went against the will of heaven and told my fortune."
"Your parents have such a good relationship," Mu Jianjian exclaimed sincerely.
Ye Xuanzhi thought of his parents, and his face softened. "My mother is really... all looks and no substance. She has a terrible temper, knows nothing, and her cultivation is not high. But my father just falls for her. I heard from others that my father married her with a grand wedding procession and treated her like royalty. He thought he was just after her looks and something new. But a hundred years have passed, and my mother is still chasing after my father with a stick."
A love story straight out of a fairy tale!
Mu Jianjian finally understood why Ye Xuanzhi's personality was considered good in the original book.
"My name is Ye Xuanzhi, which is derived from the surnames of my parents. My father's surname is Xuan, and my mother's surname is Ye." Memories flooded back, and Ye Xuanzhi smiled as he thought of the two of them, whose century-long relationship had grown increasingly tender.
Using the mother's surname as the child's surname is rare even in the previous life, and even more so in the cultivation world, which shows how deep the relationship between Ye's father and mother is. Mu Jianjian asked, "What about the divination result that was calculated later?"
“I didn’t expect that it would actually be calculated that I have a calamity in my life,” Ye Xuanzhi’s voice turned cold instantly. “It is said that the calamity in my life can only be resolved by coming to the lower realm. It is also said that I will meet a benefactor in my life, and even if I do not meet a benefactor, I can still ward off disaster in the lower realm.”
Mu Jianjian was stunned. The sense of helplessness in the other person's words, as if they were being ensnared by fate, suffocated her.
“I used to have great faith in my father’s mystical arts, but when I was thrown down to the mortal realm as a child, I began to doubt his mystical arts. If I really encounter something, and my parents can’t save me, then who in the mortal realm can save me?”
He didn't want to descend to the mortal realm, but he couldn't resist his mother's persistent pleading. After his beautiful mother gave him most of the magical artifacts of the Xuanmen sect, his father kicked him down the Tongtian Path.
I see.
Mu Jianjian's heart trembled more and more, and she felt as if she had vaguely grasped the truth of the blank spaces in the original book's plot.
Protect from disaster? Protect from what disaster?
Judging from Ye Xuanzhi's later reclusive and lonely state in the original book, it seems likely that... his entire family will be wiped out.
"I'm asking a very presumptuous question," Mu Jianjian said, putting the last jade slip back in its place. She had previously explored the area around the Gu Poison Hall and found no secret passages or hidden rooms, which meant that the recipe and other items were not here.
“Jianjian,” Ye Xuanzhi nodded, “you are the first friend I made in the lower realm. If you have any questions, I will answer them without hesitation.”
Ask away, for example, how to enter the Upper Realm, the status of the Xuanmen in the Upper Realm, his identity in the Xuanmen, and so on.
After all, he had been hiding for too long, so it was only natural that Jianjian would look at him with admiration and curious inquiry!
Mu Jianjian was already immune to the other party's occasional use of self-reference as "this young master." She ignored the other party's irritating tone and said, "Since the potion might have come from someone in the Immortal Palace, why can't you just say so directly? Is it because the Immortal Palace is more powerful than your Xuanmen?"
Ye Xuanzhi: ...
Is it really okay to be so direct all of a sudden?
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