THDP Ch 127 Part 4 – A nacing Choice (IV)
ng Qi recalled that the other party had indeed asked her to show her the bamboo slip used to refine the Five Spirit Cauldron.
With this in mind, ng Qi closed her eyes and extended her hand. The next mont, a small bamboo slips appeared in her palm. The bamboo slips had turned yellow, bearing the marks of passing ti. “Senior,” ng Qi’s tone remained respectful. “This is the bamboo slips used to refine the Five Spirit Cauldron.”
“Oh?” Lin Yan seed a little surprised. She reached out and made a gesture, which summoned the bamboo slips into her hand. “Indeed, it’s the Five Spirit Cauldron. The imprint is still there. If you can refine the Five Spirit Cauldron, then it truly has been passed down to you,” Lin Yan muttered softly as she flipped through the bamboo slips. She then put it away and glanced at ng Qi. “Only Buddhist Sand has tempered your cauldron. Since you have given this bamboo slips to , your natal weapon will very likely have no chance to grow further. Are you willing?”
“Definitely not.” ng Qi replied. She still wanted to beco stronger, and didn’t want to be left too far behind by Yun Qingyan. She also wished that, in the event that he got injured again or when he received another backlash and was in the danger of falling into Qi deviation, she could do more beyond entrusting the final step to fate’s will.
But……
“Senior, please let them go.” ng Qi cupped her hands and bowed her head politely.
“Who said that I would release them just because you gave the bamboo slips?” Lin Yan giggled again. She blinked her eyes and suddenly leaped down from the willow branch, landing gracefully in front of ng Qi.
“Ah… I almost forgot.” Lin Yan raised her hand. The willow branch she was sitting on extended swiftly, twisting and turning into the shape of a bed.
ng Qi looked up, “Sovereign Qingyan!” She exclaid. The man in white robes lay on the bed woven from the willow branch, his eyes tightly shut, unconscious.
Lin Yan chuckled and walked over to ng Qi. “Look how good I am to you. This is soone you like and care about the most. I didn’t tie him up. Instead, I let him lie comfortably on the bed.” Walking up to ng Qi, she reached out and pinched her hair. “Little sister, since you entered this forest, it was impossible for you to leave alive. However…”
Lin Yan playfully said, “Since my Five Spirit Cauldron and dical notes are in your possession, it can be considered fate between us. So…” she continued, “I’ll give you a chance to save them.”
ng Qi’s hands clenched.
“He is soone you like… the most, right?” Lin Yan said, gently shaking her finger towards the bed made of willow branches. The bed swayed in mid-air, carrying Yun Qingyan.
ng Qi bit her lip and remained silent.
“Even if you stay silent, you can’t hide anything from ,” Lin Yan said confidently. “In this forest, there is nothing that can escape my eyes. As for …” She circled around ng Qi, looking at her. “I need their aura.”
ng Qi’s heart suddenly jumped, “Aura?”
“Yes,” Lin Yan nodded. “But because we have a fate, I can give you a chance. You even know about the Luoxin Tree, so your knowledge isn’t bad.”
ng Qi remained silent.
Lin Yan seed to have no intention of waiting for her response and continued, “To reach such a dical rank while still in the Golden Core is quite impressive. What’s rare is your clever thinking…” ng Qi’s heart stirred, and she saw a small pill held between Lin Yan’s fingertips. “To think of a way to integrate arrays and pills.”
As she spoke, Lin Yan’s cheeks suddenly flushed, and her eyes shimred as if she recalled so beautiful mories, sweet and shy. However, the sweetness didn’t last long as Lin Yan’s expression grew increasingly gloomy. She seed entranced, staring at the pill in her hand, and muttered, “I didn’t expect that there would be a dical cultivator who could… It was said that the art of arrays was declining…”
She stopped abruptly, her voice falling silent, and remained still thereafter.
After a while, Lin Yan suddenly looked up and gave ng Qi a playful smile. “So, we are truly destined. I really like you, you know?”
As she spoke, she raised her hand again. Dozens of Luoxin leaves instantly flew down from the tall trees. Lin Yan’s fingers moved in the air for a mont, and the leaves flew towards the bound and unconscious figures before stopping in front of them.
ng Qi raised her gaze and saw three leaves in front of each person. The leaves were close to the lips of Sikong Xing and the others. She knew that with another wave of Lin Yan’s hand, they would be delivered to the mouths of her friends.
ng Qi had never truly seen a Luoxin Tree, but the books she read wrote plenty about it. Even inhaling its powder alone was the strongest hallucinogen. If… if…
“By the way, I heard what you said a mont ago, and you made a good point,” Lin Yan said, her hands behind her back as she tilted her head slightly towards ng Qi. “Inhaling the powder can make people oblivious to pain, in a daze, and there is no antidote. Let’s see…” She smiled charmingly, revealing two cute dimples on her cheeks. “Even inhaling a small amount takes three to five days to gradually wake up. But if you were to consu it directly…” Lin Yan leaned closer to ng Qi and spoke softly, “That would turn them into mindless corpses, like idiots. They would know nothing except eating and sleeping… Perhaps, for them, it would be even worse than death.”
“So, little sister,” Lin Yan lifted her arm and drew a semicircle, “it’s your turn to choose.”
“Choose… choose what?” ng Qi’s voice beca sowhat dry. She had a vague idea of what Lin Yan was implying.
But why? This Lin Yan was completely different from the one she t in the Grand Tournant’s barrier.
Yet this person knew about the Five Spirit Cauldron, recognized the dical notes, and had a voice that was exactly the sa with Lin Yan…
ng Qi had doubted before that this one was not Lin Yan.
But was there any difference if she were or weren’t Lin Yan?
No!
She was so strong that even Sovereign Qingyan…
ng Qi took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. “Choose what?”
“Him, or them,” Lin Yan chuckled lightly. “Your beloved… or these people you care a little less about. Choose one.” She paused and continued, “I can set you free, along with the one you choose. The rest must stay behind, consu my Luoxin leaves, and serve until death.”
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