NCCnovel Chapter 588 That's not her mother
Chapter 588 That's not her mother
"Does Your Excellency wish to borrow the earth's veins in Lingku City?"
Qiu Yinzhen looked at the woman in black beside her, her tone tinged with surprise.
"Yes."
Xue Lan nodded gently and spoke in a calm and peaceful tone:
"I have come to this desolate region to enter the Demon Realm."
Upon hearing Xue Lan's words, Qiu Yinzhen understood her meaning. The woman bowed slightly to Xue Lan and said:
"My lord wishes to enter the Demon Realm undetected. Therefore, he seeks to utilize the ley lines of my Spirit City..."
The woman hesitated for a moment, but Xue Lan noticed her hesitation and spoke frankly:
"Is Lord Qiu reluctant to give up the earth's veins?"
Qiu Yinzhen's expression changed slightly, and her gaze towards Xue Lan became somewhat evasive.
A-Wu couldn't help but tug at Xue Lan's sleeve under the table, secretly sending him a telepathic message:
"Sir, you can't speak so bluntly. It's easy to embarrass people."
Xue Lan glanced at A Wu, her eyes full of mischievous amusement.
Indeed, one becomes like those one associates with; and one becomes like those one associates with Xue Tong.
"Okay, I'll pay attention."
Lord Wolf King exchanged a glance with A-Wu, then turned to look at Qiu Yinzhen again:
"It is only natural for a human...and a ghost to be unwilling to lend me the earth veins. After all, it is not easy for Lingku City to nurture earth veins, nor is it easy to construct a small cycle."
"pity……"
The woman abruptly changed the subject, a hint of regret appearing in her icy blue eyes:
"It uses the Pisces Rotation Technique."
Qiu Yinzhen was startled and couldn't help but speak:
"Does Your Excellency also know the Pisces Cycle Technique?"
Xue Lan did not answer Qiu Yinzhen immediately, but instead slowly reached out her hand to A Wu beside her:
"Give me a coin for your boat fare."
Awu obediently gave Xue Lan a coin, which Xue Lan held between his index and middle fingers. The lights of the ship behind them illuminated the pattern on the coin, casting the shadow of two fish on the table in front of the three of them.
The shadow of Pisces landed on the table, and then slowly began to move, as if it had come to life, dancing on the dark surface.
Xue Lan slowly looked at Qiu Yinzhen and said coldly:
Do you know about the Skyfish Clan of the South China Sea?
Qiu Yinzhen nodded slowly. The woman's hands, hidden in her sleeves, were already clenched tightly, her eyes filled with apprehension.
"My lord, what is the connection between this Pisces Rotation Technique and the Sky Fish Clan of the South Sea?"
what is the relationship?
Is it okay if the relationship is too big?
Xue Lan slowly leaned closer to Qiu Yinzhen and spoke:
"This is a forbidden technique of the Skyfish Clan that has been lost for many years."
Qiu Yinzhen knew she might have touched something she shouldn't have, but the moment she thought of that person, the apprehension in her eyes instantly turned into determination.
The woman rose and bowed to Xue Lan with her hands clasped in greeting:
"I hope you will tell me, senior, what the price is for this forbidden technique. I am willing to give my life for it."
Xue Lan and the inner demon opposite her exchanged a glance, seeing the same understanding in each other's eyes.
Qiu Yinzhen, as expected, knew the secret of the Pisces cycle.
Xue Lan tapped her fingertips lightly on the table and said helplessly:
"Lord Qiu, what makes you, a mere ghost cultivator, think you can risk your life for me?"
Qiu Yinzhen's face paled considerably after Xue Lan finished speaking. The woman was about to say something when the inner demon gently interrupted her:
"Lord Qiu, whose soul are you using the ley lines of Lingku City to nourish?"
Qiu Yinzhen was slightly taken aback. The woman's hand, which was hanging in her sleeve, had already picked up the emerald green feather fan, but her fingers were trembling and she couldn't lift it up.
At this moment, Xue Lan also turned his head slightly to look into her eyes:
"More than ten years ago, I was traveling in the mortal world when I happened to witness the demons slaughtering the entire underworld."
Qiu Yinzhen slowly closed her eyes, seemingly unwilling to face that cruel truth.
Unfortunately, the truth can never be escaped. Xue Lan's voice pierced her heart, which had long since stopped beating, like a sharp ice pick:
"The soul you have gathered is now the Lord of the Void City—Lin Zui!"
Xue Lan's voice was firm, and her eyes held a hint of pity as she looked at Qiu Yinzhen.
She noticed the woman in green put away her folding fan, and her strength suddenly vanished. She glanced at Xue Lan, her eyes filled with sorrow.
"The adults know everything."
The woman's voice was hoarse yet steady and gentle:
"The soul that I nurtured with the spiritual veins of Lingku City is none other than my mother, Lin Zui, the Lord of Xuming River."
After saying this, the woman took a step back and knelt down in front of Xue Lan:
“I know that using the power of the earth's veins to nurture a person's soul is a great blasphemy, and I am willing to pay for it with my soul being scattered.”
"My lord, the ghost cultivators of the Void River have impure intentions and belong to many different factions. We absolutely cannot lose the city lord."
Xue Lan looked at the woman kneeling before her with a calm expression, her voice as cold as that of an emotionless puppet:
"I know."
"But Lord Qiu, if the soul you've nurtured for so many years isn't actually Lord Lin, what if it isn't?"
Qiu Yinzhen, kneeling on the ground, was struck dumb. The woman slowly raised her head to look at Xue Lan's icy blue eyes, hoping to see a hint of a joke in them.
However, Xue Lan's tone was extremely serious.
"My lord..." Qiu Yinzhen's voice trembled slightly:
"I don't understand what you mean, sir... My city lord is indeed the city lord. Her soul is normal, and her cultivation has even improved..."
The woman's voice grew softer and softer until she could no longer convince herself of her own words.
Xue Lan didn't speak, but gently raised her hand and placed it on her forehead.
A bright red line extended from the woman's brow and then connected to Xue Lan's wrist.
Xue Lan used the cause and effect mechanism to see Qiu Yinzhen's memories of Lin Zui.
When the girl, now a demon, first saw her mother, she was about to tear open a child's throat without mercy.
Light footsteps approached, and the woman appeared beside Qiu Yinzhen amidst the cold, misty air:
"If you kill him here, you will never be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation again."
Qiu Yinzhen turned her head impatiently and saw a pair of compassionate phoenix eyes.
My mother's eyes were a beautiful light gold, with a hint of murky green in the middle, like the small pond where she drowned.
Light green duckweed floats on the surface of the small pond, while dark green algae grows underneath.
For the first time ever, the girl released the unconscious child from her arms: "Who are you?"
Is he a celestial being who vanquishes evil spirits? Is he going to obliterate her here?
"I am Lin Zui." The woman dressed in a gray-blue gown bowed slightly and extended her hand, the dazzling golden hairpin on her head swaying gently.
"The Lord of the Void River".
Will you be my daughter?
This is Qiu Yinzhen's first time playing someone else's daughter; all she can do is be someone else's valiant and skilled ghost general.
Fortunately, this was Lin Zui's first time being a mother, and she was more adept at governing the entire Xumingchuan with ruthless methods than being a gentle mother.
However, in any case, Lin Zui would not banish her to the border of the Void River, nor would he remove her from the ranks of the ghost generals.
Qiu Yinzhen's eyes began to redden, but the soul does not shed tears.
When the pain in one's soul reaches its peak, it will only bleed.
That wasn't her mother...