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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 50 (591): [The Century-Old Tragedy]
(50th of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"Thank you for your assistance earlier! Hong Hou is incredibly strange; only thunder and lightning can restrain him. My Pure Light Flame cultivation was actually countered by him."
Nangong, wearing a white mask, gazed thoughtfully at the four battle corpse puppets standing beside Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi remained captivated by her mystical movements and extraordinary staff techniques.
In just a few dozen exchanges, she had slain the Imperial Pattern Bone Marquis, leaving the Marquis no chance to escape.
Beside them, Liu Ye coughed lightly.
Li Weiyi snapped out of his reverie: "Let's get out of here first."
After distancing themselves from the battlefield and evading pursuit, the three of them stopped by a wide riverbank.
Li Weiyi asked Nangong for news of Tang Wanzhou and Changyu Jian.
"We split up to break through the encirclement. Most of the powerful pursuers went after the Holy Commander, so her chances of survival are slim. Changyu Jian should have an easier time escaping; he carries a deadly trump card, and fewer enemies are after him."
Nangong stood by the riverbank, her radiant aura subdued.
She removed her mask, revealing a peerless beauty rarely seen in the world.
Her demeanor lacked Tang Wanzhou's heroic spirit and Qing Zijin's aloofness, exuding instead a gentle, refined grace.
Neither Li Weiyi nor Liu Ye were in any mood to appreciate the scenery.
After asking Nangong about Tang Wanzhou's escape route, Li Weiyi prepared to leave.
"The Valiant Guard's Martial-Mystic Path cultivation is unparalleled. Please take care of Liu Ye!"
Li Weiyi had no intention of taking Nangong with him to search for Tang Wanzhou, even though Nangong's cultivation was formidable.
"Foolish!" Nangong retorted, "You, Li Weiyi, a man of such intelligence, how could you make such a reckless decision? If the Holy Commander has already escaped, you'll never catch up now. Instead, you might run into enemies retreating after their failed pursuit. And if the Holy Commander hasn't escaped, she's likely already dead. Either way, you're walking into danger."
"Your four battle corpse puppets are powerful, but how much Spiritual Qi remains in their Immortal Golden Cores?"
"You're already exhausting this life-saving trump card so soon after entering the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom?"
"Chu Yutian seized the Myriad-Inscriptions Yin-Yang Gong from the Imperial Pattern Bone Marquis. Bai Chuan's eight Formation Flags likely won't hold him back. Once Chu Yutian kills Bai Chuan and frees his hands, do you think you'll have any chance of escape if you cross paths with him?"
Nangong You sighed, her heart heavy with complex emotions.
"I was wrong!"
Li Weiyi and Liu Ye exchanged puzzled glances, unsure of her meaning.
"I shouldn't have agreed to Bai Chuan's plan to kill Chu Yutian," Nangong said, her voice filled with remorse and self-blame, "If I had stood firmly with the Holy Commander, the outcome might have been very different."
Li Weiyi asked, "Does this have something to do with the secrets of the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom?"
Both outside Fan Ye Valley and just now, Li Weiyi had twice decisively intervened to help her.
Outside Fan Ye Valley, he had helped all the Shaoyang Guard escape.
Just now, he had acted solely to protect her.
Both times, he had risked considerable danger.
Through Li Weiyi's actions, Nangong had genuinely felt the camaraderie of shared hardship, and her inner defenses had begun to crumble.
She nodded slightly: "Do you remember the footprint you found when we first entered the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom? My desire to kill Chu Yutian, destroy the Tai Yin Sect, and eliminate the Deac Spirit was all to conceal the secret behind that footprint. I can't tell you any more than that!"
Li Weiyi, even though had a guess, but sensing her reluctance, didn't press further.
Everyone had their secrets.
He then bid farewell to the two.
"You're still going?" Nangong asked, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Li Weiyi replied, "Tang Wanzhou and I have been comrades through countless trials and tribulations. Our bond transcends mere distance, whether it's thousands or tens of thousands of miles of dangerous journey. Even if it were a hundred thousand or a million miles, I would still go."
Liu Ye's eyes shone with fervent admiration, pleased that his initial judgment had been correct.
He remained silent, his approval and emotions conveyed wordlessly.
"By the way," Li Weiyi added, "the Deputy Valiant Guard has gone to the Netherworld Domain of the Heavenly Capital River. She said she only trusts you, me, and the Holy Commander's Whistles." He shared this information, hoping Nangong would go to her aid.
Nangong frowned slightly: "Li Weiyi, can we speak privately?"
Li Weiyi glanced at Liu Ye beside him, puzzled.
"I'll go keep watch," Liu Ye said, darting away.
Nangong released her Spiritual Qi, enveloping them both, and said gravely, "I must apologize to you again."
Li Weiyi replied, "Is it because you used me and Qing Zijin to leave the valley, testing whether the enemy had already arrived?"
Nangong hadn't expected Li Weiyi to see through her intentions so clearly.
"Knowing all this, why did you help me earlier?"
"First, I had already left the valley long before you arrived, so your actions had nothing to do with me. Second, if I was truly manipulated and schemed against, that's my own fault for being foolish. Third, at least you're not a spy for the Tai Yin Sect," Li Weiyi replied.
"Consider me owing you two favors," Nangong said, "I'll repay them someday."
Li Weiyi didn't take this promise too seriously.
"I can understand you scheming against me - we had no prior relationship. But why did you scheme against Qing Zijin? She trusted you so completely."
Nangong hesitated, sighing softly before whispering, "I can't explain it! When I made that decision, I was torn. I tried to convince myself I was helping her - that leaving Fan Ye Valley meant escaping danger."
"But there was another voice in my heart."
"What voice?" Li Weiyi asked when she remained silent for too long.
"I suspected her and wanted to test her," Nangong admitted.
Li Weiyi was utterly astonished.
He never expected Nangong to give such a reason.
Nangong's eyes were filled with anguish.
"I must tell you upfront, I have no concrete evidence, but I'm not trying to justify my despicable methods."
"You've been close to her recently. You must know something about her background, right?"
"I suppose so," Li Weiyi replied.
Nangong continued, "Logically, as the sole survivor of the Immortal Haze (Xianxia) Sect, she should bear the shadow of that mysterious curse. But as a Curse Master myself, I've detected no such shadow on her."
"I wanted to help her dispel the curse, so I consulted a highly respected Senior from my clan within the Sentinel Spirit Army, seeking information about the Immortal Haze (Xianxia).Sect's annihilation a century ago."
"Instead, I uncovered a horrifying truth."
Nangong said, "Legend has it that the Sentinel Spirit Army investigated the Cursed Calamity, but the truth was never made public. Only the Deputy Sentinel Lord and the Sentinel Lord knew what truly happened."
"If it were merely a simple Cursed Calamity, why keep it secret?"
Nangong continued, "The Immortal Haze (Xianxia) Sect's leader was the Sentinel Lord of the Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp, and the sect itself was a glorious Ancient Sect at its peak. After investigating such a brutal and terrifying massacre, revealing the truth to the public would have been the most logical course of action."
Li Weiyi narrowed his eyes, his voice trembling with emotion.
"There's more to this story?"
"Every historical event glossed over carries a truth too terrible to be revealed to the world. The Immortal Haze (Xianxia) Sect, from top to bottom, was actually slaughtered by a joint force of the Sentinel Spirit Army and the Demon Kingdom Forbidden Army, wiped out in a single night without a single survivor. Afterward, their bodies were dried into corpses in the Heavenly Fire World, creating the illusion of a Cursed Calamity. The destruction of the Sentinel Lord's sect demanded a satisfactory explanation for the world - otherwise, who would ever join the Sentinel Spirit Army again? The Corpses behind Blazing Absolute Mountain served as that answer."
Nangong's voice dropped to a somber tone, as if recounting a nightmarish tale.
By the riverbank, a cold wind rustled through the air.
Li Weiyi felt a chill run down his spine, his scalp tingling with numbness.
He couldn't accept it.
"Why? Why would they do this?"
Nangong replied, "According to my clan's elder, the Immortal Haze Sect Leader had been cultivating an ancient, forbidden curse technique, breeding vast numbers of cursed monsters called Great Void Worms within Blazing Absolute Mountain."
"But the Sect Leader's cultivation went awry. He was overtaken by the cursed monsters and transformed into a monster himself."
"Even more terrifying was that all the Great Void Worms bred on Blazing Absolute Mountain escaped and infested the bodies of many Immortal Haze Sect disciples."
"To avoid alarming the Great Void Worms and preventing their spread throughout the Crimson Bright Realm, and subsequently to other Living Realms, the Sentinel Spirit Army and Demon Kingdom Forbidden Army had no choice but to resort to indiscriminate methods. Wielding Heavenly Fire Talismans, they launched a night-long purge, incinerating souls and spirits to eradicate the worms completely."
"Better to kill the innocent than let a single worm escape."
Li Weiyi asked gravely, "Was there truly no way to take more time for proper identification?"
Nangong replied, "Our clan elder said they were racing against time. The Great Void Worms reproduce at an astonishing rate. Beyond the Immortal Haze Sect, over the next three years, due to overlooked worms, at least ten million more lives were lost across the Crimson Bright Realm."
"A colossal bloodbath concealed from history. Every participant has kept silent, unwilling - or too afraid - to reopen wounds a century old."
"Countless innocents were undoubtedly slaughtered, and countless lives could have been spared. Yet no one will admit their mistakes, nor dare to recall the truth. At most, they might awaken in the dead of night, drenched in tears from nightmares."
Li Weiyi said bitterly, "You're worried that Qing Zijin might be turned against us by the Tai Yin Sect if she learns the truth? What about her father? How did he survive, and why did he later... become an Immortal Corpse?"
Nangong replied, "Rumor has it that everything is connected to her mother. Only those involved know the full story. All I know is that her mother was a Sentinel Spirit in the Cave Void Camp and is still alive."
"What else have you discovered?"
Knowing this only made Li Weiyi feel more sympathy for Qing Zijin, not suspicion.
Nangong continued, "First, don't you find her excessively detached? She can directly control the thirteen Immortal corpses of the Qing Clan. What descendant would show such disrespect?"
"You've probably been to Green Robe Garden, where she lives alone. When I saw her arrange the thirteen Immortal corpses behind the ancestral tablets, I felt a chilling dread creep into my heart."
"Can you imagine her living alone in that garden? I believe her demeanor suggests she already knows the truth."
"Second, why did Tu Miangou disappear right before our departure? It's highly likely a second traitor tipped him off."
"Third, have you noticed that no matter how dangerous the situation, she remains remarkably calm and handles it with ease? Would you be so composed in the face of danger? One can only face danger with such composure if they possess overwhelming strength and don't perceive it as a threat."
"Furthermore, no one has ever seen Envoy Luo Yinji, not even today. Chu Yutian and all the other Tai Yin Envoys appeared, so why would she be the exception? She must have entered the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom."
Li Weiyi recalled his interactions with Qing Zijin and shook his head gently.
"Impossible... she doesn't seem like someone with such deep schemes!"
"I've always believed that a spy seeking to remain hidden would choose a disguise that makes them the least likely suspect."
Nangong continued, "Of course, this is all just my intuition. I have no evidence, and I even feel guilty for such malicious speculation. I won't be going to the Netherworld Domain of the Heavenly Capital River. You should be careful too - there's no need to stand beneath a collapsing wall."
"That includes Zhao Tang and Xu Daoqing. I'm avoiding contact with them for now. Just stay away if you can. That's all. If you find the Holy Commander, come find me in Chun City. Use the Spirit Whistle - I'll only recognize you two."
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