NCCnovel Chapter 585 Qiu Yinzhen has been to the Upper Realm
Chapter 585 Qiu Yinzhen has been to the Upper Realm
Dark waves ripple, bright lights shine like stars.
Qiu Yinzhen stood on the ship and watched the two people slowly walk up. Xue Lan was dressed in white with blood on her clothes and looked extremely miserable.
She simply couldn't believe what was before her...
That adult.
But even if you don't believe it, you still have to be polite.
With a gentle flick of her wrist, the emerald feather fan vanished from her hand. Qiu Yinzhen then bowed slowly to Xue Lan.
"This junior greets Your Excellency."
Xue Lan had no intention of hiding her name from this person from the moment she revealed it. The woman in white nodded slowly to Qiu Yinzhen, then gently raised her hand to change her appearance.
The deathly appearance from her previous life was what Xue Lan used to cross the river. Now that she has decided to be honest with the master of Lingku City, she naturally doesn't need to wear that ghostly appearance anymore.
The woman spoke calmly to Qiu Yinzhen:
"Lord Qiu is knowledgeable and experienced. Few people in the lower realms know my name."
Qiu Yinzhen looked at Xue Lan and smiled gently:
"I have only heard of it briefly."
A light smile appeared in Xue Lan's icy blue eyes as she looked at Qiu Yinzhen and slowly spoke:
"Have you heard a little about it?"
The woman in the light green brocade robe broke out in a cold sweat in an instant, but she still tried to remain calm as she spoke:
"My lord, our Lingku City has many dealings with the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm, and your name... is not exactly a secret."
While she replied to Xue Lan like that, she inwardly cursed herself severely for what she had just said.
Why did she become so guilty when this person asked her a question? If she had just insisted that she didn't know who Xue Lan was, she could have avoided this trouble.
Xue Lan extended her divine sense to listen to the rather noisy thoughts of City Lord Qiu, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
This City Lord Qiu is indeed a bold and unrestrained woman; her mental vitality is in no way inferior to that of the Soul-Devouring Beast clan.
In fact, Qiu Yinzhen had no need to be so harsh on herself. Xue Lan's casual questions just now contained the oppressive aura of the Silver Moon Wolf. That was the power she had accumulated over a thousand years of battles in the Upper Realm, which a mere early-stage Nascent Soul ghost cultivator in the Lower Realm could not withstand.
Lord Wolf felt sympathy for Qiu Yinzhen, but on the surface, he wore a smile that concealed a knife, displaying an aggressive demeanor. His voice, tinged with a chilling laughter, threw back all of Qiu Yinzhen's previous words:
"I have been frank enough, Lord Qiu, you shouldn't try to hide anything from me."
Qiu Yinzhen looked very unwell. A hint of worry flashed in the woman's peach blossom eyes. After thinking for a long time, she slowly spoke:
"I just lied to you, sir. The reason I know your name is because I have been to the Upper Realm."
"Have you been to the Upper Realm?"
Xue Lan became interested, and the woman bowed slightly to Qiu Yinzhen:
"Lord Qiu, let's sit down and talk."
Seeing that Xue Lan didn't suddenly attack, Qiu Yinzhen felt much more at ease. The woman conjured a square table on the boat with a wave of her hand, then invited Xue Lan in:
"My lord please."
Xue Lan didn't stand on ceremony and pulled A Wu to sit down at the square table. Qiu Yinzhen followed suit and sat down as well.
The three of them each occupied one side of the square table. A-Wu and Qiu Yinzhen were both secretly uneasy, trying to guess Xue Lan's intentions.
And what is Lord Wolf thinking?
Looking at the square ebony table in front of him, Lord Wolf King was thinking about the mahjong game that Xue Tong often talked about, where they were short one player.
Thinking of this, Xue Lan couldn't help but chuckle softly, attracting the attention of the two people beside her.
"Nothing, nothing."
The woman in black with white hair slowly waved her hand at Qiu Yinzhen, then her smile faded.
"Lord Qiu said before that he had been to the Upper Realm, so he probably didn't take the path that Xue Lan was guarding."
Qiu Yinzhen's heart, which had just been at ease, jumped again in an instant. The woman looked at Xue Lan with a wary gaze, her mind racing.
Xue Lan rested her chin on her hand and laughed:
"Why is Qiu Chengzhu like this? Xue Lan isn't some man-eating monster."
Qiu Yinzhen then slowly spoke:
"Your Excellency, I am traveling from the East Sea to the Upper Realm."
Xue Lan was even more curious now, her icy blue eyes filled with interest:
"In the East Sea, could it be that Lord Qiu climbed the Fusang Divine Tree that connects the two realms and rode the Golden Crow to the Upper Realm?"
Qiu Yinzhen was somewhat taken aback by Xue Lan's whimsical idea. She was a ghost cultivator, and her limbs were always cold, but now she felt that the chair under her bottom was incredibly hot, making her wish she could escape as quickly as possible.
But she dared not run away. The smiling man in front of her was the most bloodthirsty and eccentric demon lord in the Yuanming Realm. If she accidentally angered him...
Qiu Yinzhen swallowed hard.
It is feared that the entire Lingku City will cease to exist.
Xue Lan's smile froze as she secretly eavesdropped on other people's thoughts.
Protecting our reputation must be put on the agenda now; we can't let the cultivators of the Yuanming Realm continue to misunderstand us like this.
She doesn't eat people or have a bloodthirsty nature, she just has a bit of a bad temper!
The Wolf King roared inwardly, and after receiving the mockery of his inner demons, he heard Qiu Yinzhen's soothing voice:
"It's certainly not a divine technique of riding the Golden Crow to the heavens, but it is indeed related to the Fusang Divine Tree..."
The woman in green gently closed her eyes for a moment, then spoke as if making a decision:
"Sir, can you believe that the Fusang Divine Tree is no longer in its complete form?"
Xue Lan thought to herself, "Of course I know. I've even seen the half that ran away." But seeing the serious expression on Qiu Yinzhen's face, Lord Wolf King still feigned surprise.
"Not a complete form?"
“That’s right.” Qiu Yinzhen nodded slowly, then continued:
"Seven hundred years ago, I was a ghost general under the command of the Lord of Xumingchuan City. I was tasked by the Lord to pursue and capture several demonic souls that had infiltrated the earth's veins in Xumingchuan. Those demonic souls were extremely cunning and managed to escape all the way to the shores of the East Sea, attempting to cross the sea."
"At that time, I was greedy for merit and acted rashly. In a fit of anger, I led several ghost generals to dive directly into the East Sea to search for it, and thus witnessed a wonder that I will never forget in my life."
Qiu Yinzhen's voice carried a hint of fear:
"The Fusang tree in the East Sea is not twin, but rather a representation of yin and yang."
When she led the ghost general to chase the demon soul into the East Sea, she was surprised to find that the Fusang trees, which should have been intertwined, were growing in reverse, with the sea as the boundary, one reaching the sky and the other sinking into the sea.
"You should know that ghost cultivators use death energy as the foundation of their cultivation."
Xue Lan nodded gently: "Of course I know."
Qiu Yinzhen looked at Xue Lan and spoke slowly and solemnly:
"From what I've observed, that towering tree, though lush and verdant, is shrouded in deathly aura, with no hope of recovery. Conversely, that tree that reaches into the sea..."
"Life has been born, but the soul is not present, and it is on the verge of death."
Xue Lan seemed to have discovered something important, and narrowed her eyes slightly.
The woman tapped her fingertips lightly on the table:
"And then? How did you get to the upper realm?"
Qiu Yinzhen looked intently into Xue Lan's eyes and spoke solemnly:
"Beneath the tree that enters the sea lies a whirlpool, within which faint traces of ruins and remnants draw us to the upper realm."
The woman paused slightly after saying this, and then spoke again:
"To be precise, I went to the upper realm a thousand years ago."