Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1828 Water Dragon's Chant 31

People only thought that someone had just released countless Kongming lanterns, adding a touch of romance to the moonlit night. Passionate young men and women even began to fantasize about whether couples were in charge of everything, and people in the city called on their friends and family to participate.

Ghost Peony was indeed quite capable. Jiang Xinxin was well aware of the power of her sword strike and thought that Ghost Peony would at least be physically crushed. However, the kid actually had a breath left. Only the precious mask he wore and the gaudy decorations around him were crushed.

However, Jiang Xinxin was not too disappointed or surprised by the result. She just felt that it was a blessing from heaven that Gui Mudan hadn't died immediately. It was a chance for her to let him experience more pain. So she simply reached out and pulled him back, preventing Gui Mudan from falling directly into Lingze Lake and drowning.

However, Jiang Xinxin couldn't possibly give Gui Mudan a friendly look. After landing on the painted boat, she used the Soul Searching Technique on the dying Gui Mudan right in front of everyone.

Jiang Xinxin did not believe that the Ghost Peony could be completely unrelated to Yi Que Yin Yang. On the contrary, her intuition and some past "experiences" told her that the connection between the Ghost Peony and Yi Que Yin Yang would surely shock the world.

Ghost Peony knew exactly what this devil, Jiang Xinxin, was doing to him. He desperately tried to resist, but found it was futile except to hasten his death. So he could only try to express his pleading and surrender attitude: "Your Highness... please have mercy..."

Jiang Xinxin remained motionless, her hands never stopping. It turned out that this Ghost Peony was originally a pageboy by Yi Que Yin Yang's side, witnessing all the rise and fall of Yi Que Yin Yang after he emerged from the destroyed Gu Mo Kingdom. It could be said that the moment Yi Que Yin Yang uttered all his ideas, Ghost Peony had already been completely turned into a puppet by Yi Que Yin Yang, and could only completely obey all of Yi Que Yin Yang's orders, without any self.

However, things changed slightly twenty years ago when Yi Que Yin Yang suffered a severe injury at Tian Du Peak and almost died. Yi Que Yin Yang learned about his origins and realized that if he could not get rid of his current physical body, he would be a puppet controlled by Yi Que Yin Yang for the rest of his life, without any freedom.

Thus, Ghost Peony secretly conceived the idea of ​​replacing Yi Que Yin Yang.

Up to this point, Jiang Xinxin didn't think there was anything wrong with Gui Mudan. The problem was that Yi Que Yin Yang contacted Gui Mudan and instructed her to establish the Feng Liu Shop, which began to secretly wreak havoc on the martial arts world.

Although the Nine Hearts of the Crimson Demon Pill doesn't seem to have a direct connection with Ghost Peony, Ghost Peony only used Fang Zhou to scheme against Tang Lizhi and Liu Yan, turning them into enemies. She also exploited Liu Yan's desire for revenge, bringing him under her control and providing him with a document from the Yin-Yang Chronicle to create the infamous Nine Hearts of the Crimson Demon Pill. However, Ghost Peony's role in guiding Liu Yan to create such an evil and sinister substance makes her the mastermind, and she is unforgivable!

Under the instructions of Yi Que Yin Yang, Gui Mudan used the injuries that Yi Que Yin Yang had inflicted on Fang Zhou in the past, along with the precursor to Xing Gui Jiu Xin Wan, to successfully put Fang Zhou in imminent danger.

Tang Lizhi, unable to bear watching Fang Zhou die, resolved to cultivate the "Rebirth Manual" that Fang Zhou had brought back from Yi Que Yin Yang. This martial art was extremely domineering, and those with weak wills were easily consumed by the violent heart it brought. Therefore, although Fang Zhou initially felt that the technique itself was not wrong, he absolutely refused to cultivate it himself.

However, Fang Zhou's life was hanging by a thread at that time. He understood the nature of Tang Lizhi and Liu Yan. If he really met with misfortune, the two of them might do something irreversible because of his death. Therefore, under Tang Lizhi's repeated requests, Fang Zhou still agreed to cultivate the "Rebirth Manual".

How could Tang Lizhi and Liu Yan possibly escape the scheme of a game personally designed by Yin Yang? So at the critical moment of exchanging skills, Liu Yan witnessed Tang Lizhi "using the 'Rebirth Manual' to absorb Fang Zhou's internal energy, causing Fang Zhou to be on the verge of death." He immediately attacked, not only interrupting Tang Lizhi's attempt to save Fang Zhou by exchanging skills, but also cutting off almost all of Fang Zhou's chances of survival.

Liu Yan was kicked out of the door, and when she woke up again, she saw Tang Lizhi personally take out Fang Zhou's heart crystal, so that Fang Zhou's body could not even be kept intact. Of course, he would only hate Tang Lizhi more and more. Tang Lizhi, who knew the whole truth, would not tell Liu Yan the truth of everything. As long as Liu Yan's mind was not in harmony, Yi Que Yin Yang would always find a way to take advantage of the situation and make Liu Yan firmly confront Tang Lizhi.

Jiang Xinxin had previously believed that there must be someone behind Liu Yan, and guessed that the mastermind must be related to Fengliu Shop. However, she did not expect that Gui Mudan, who was hiding behind Fengliu Shop, was not a fellow traveler of Yi Que Yin Yang. On the contrary, she had long harbored ambitions towards Yi Que Yin Yang.

Jiang Xinxin never expected that even though Gui Mudan's emotional roots had been erased by Yi Que Yin Yang, she could still develop her own schemes during the years Yi Que Yin Yang was recuperating. It can only be said that Gui Mudan, whose emotions had been erased, was left with only rationality and would always make decisions that benefit herself.

Gui Mudan had quite a few memories, but Jiang Xinxin's divine sense was even more powerful. She could examine all of Gui Mudan's memories in less than a short while, in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Gui Mudan felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen, and he could no longer feel any warmth in the pitch black before his eyes.

What surprised Jiang Xinxin even more was that Gui Mudan not only secretly coveted everything in Yi Que Yin Yang, but he also had a genuine love for Xi Fang Tao, whom he had raised himself!

As for Yi Que Yin Yang disguising himself as Xiao Shi and now staying by Tang Li Ci's side, even becoming Tang Li Ci's disciple, Jiang Xin Xin found it less surprising.

After all, the last time Tang Lizhi accidentally saw a tale of past and present lives of Yin and Yang at the bottom of Baojing Mountain, it was because Xiao Shi went to Baojing Mountain to find life-saving herbs for Tang Lizhi. Tang Lizhi was worried about Xiao Shi's safety, so she forced herself to risk going to Baojing Mountain despite her still-healing injuries.

Jiang Xinxin still remembered that after she crushed Ye Mo's remnant soul, she wondered why Tang Lizhi was covered with such a strong aura of Ye Mo or a Yin-Yang aura. However, at that time, Tang Lizhi had just come out of the illusion and had been in close contact with Ye Mo's remnant soul, so Jiang Xinxin did not think much about it.

In retrospect, it seems everything was foreshadowed.