bestfiction Chapter 590 She was a sword he forged with his own hands.
Chapter 590 She was a sword he forged with his own hands.
Zhong Qingli, the master's inner demon, the Eastern Chamber Scroll, surnamed Zhong—could she be the clansman Zhong Nanchu was looking for who once joined Sword Peak and later disappeared without a trace?
It's inner demons again, golden light again, and names again!
Wan Lianzhi, Song Shimi, Ye Linglong, Zhuang Wanyin, Zhong Qingli.
They were all supposed to be disciples of the Tianqian Sect, but they were all names she had never heard of before.
Five people, five people...
Five different inner demons, five different curses.
The Valley Master's daughter of Baicao Valley fell into a mysterious coma and needed the power of a great demon to sustain her life; the villagers of Stone Village mysteriously died one after another from the plague, unable to reincarnate after death; the spirit beasts in the Ye family could not live past adulthood, and many of the clan's members were seriously injured or died as a result; Jiang Zhai was trapped in Qimingzhai for hundreds of years, his obsession turning into a demon that devoured his reason, and the lonely Hai Kunshi will continue to be lonely for thousands of generations; most of the children of the Zhong family's descendants died young, and even those who barely survived had very low-grade spiritual roots, some even having useless spiritual roots. The once great family fell into decline overnight and faded from the position of a first-class family.
If Jiang Liqian hadn't had the time or inclination to think about these coincidences before, she now had no choice but to. She suddenly remembered seeing a golden bamboo slip in Zhong Nanchu's hands not long ago at Linglong Pavilion. The slip had exactly five empty spaces, and three names were already written on it. Although she had only glanced at it briefly and hadn't paid attention to the names—was all of this just a coincidence?
At that time, she also happened to see three names appear in front of her.
And now, the bamboo slip register is probably full, right?
So what does all of this mean when we put it all together?
Who are those five people? What is the purpose of that golden bamboo slip? Why did their names appear from the inner demons? Why are all those associated with them cursed with various degrees of misfortune?
Jiang Liqian could only think of one answer.
An answer she couldn't believe, yet had to accept!
—The Great Sealing Array of Gods and Demons!
Repairing the sealing array between gods and demons requires the master to sacrifice himself to the array. So what kind of price is required to activate such a forbidden array? And which predecessors paid such a price back then?
She suddenly remembered what her junior brother had said in her ear when they crossed the water.
The superior one's spiritual root, the more favored one is by the gods; the more outstanding one's talent, the better one is to be a candidate for sacrifice. There are no miracles without a reason, and no good deeds obtained for no reason.
Can't we get a glimpse into how our ancestors annihilated the demon race?
Are Ah Qiong's mother, Song Fengzhu's daughter, Ye family's outstanding cousin, Zhong family's hope for family revitalization, and Zhai Lao's only disciple, all sacrifices to the God and Demon Sealing Array?
Because it is a forbidden formation, there will be a curse that backfires on the people close to the sacrifice.
To reverse the causal relationship between heaven and earth, one must spare no expense...
So why has the Tianqian Sect always concealed their names and deeds, completely erasing them from the memories of all the survivors?
Jiang Liqian couldn't understand it, but a more heartbreaking thought lingered in her mind—Qingzhi did it on purpose.
The last name, he was the final checkpoint of this lock, yet he didn't even resist, deliberately luring her to make his move, bringing that name back into the light.
Remembering Ji Yan's words that Qimingzhai was the true entrance to the Outer Realm—the golden key was lost; she took the initiative to suggest setting a trap to capture the mastermind; Ji Yan told her the truth; she came to him in a fit of rage to seek revenge; the last name was revealed; she was trapped in a sword formation; her second senior brother's aura suddenly appeared in Qimingzhai along with demonic energy…
One link leads to another, one section leads to another.
And he was the only one who sat indifferently on the cloud platform, watching all of this.
What will happen to the God and Demon Sealing Array?
There must be a reason why they deliberately concealed their names, and she dared not think about that reason.
She wanted to get out right now; she wanted to save her second senior brother. Something must have happened to him!
However, faced with the vast and boundless suppressive spiritual power of the Tribulation Transcending stage, and with countless sword shadows aimed directly at her vital points, she felt so small and powerless; she couldn't even move a single finger!
She hates herself now, hates that she's not strong enough to protect the people she cares about.
She was filled with regret, regretting that she couldn't let go of her pitiful dignity, that she couldn't be more decisive, grovel before him, and humbly submit. In that case, perhaps he would still take pity on her and go to save her second senior brother.
Now how to do?
What should we do now?
Someone, even just one person, please come and save her...
"Everything is just as you thought. I knew that the demon would try to sow discord between us, and I also knew that you wanted me to be seriously injured, so you had to use my inner demons. I didn't hide my inner demons from you, all for this day."
Qingzhi's voice rang out leisurely outside the sword formation, like a cold wind that brushed past but didn't, chilling people from head to toe, yet leaving them unable to grasp anything.
"The Outer Realm, the God and Demon Sealing Array... a taboo for five hundred years—you may have heard of some very special arrays, whose whereabouts are uncertain and difficult to find, but as long as you know the name of the person who performed the ritual, you will have a strange connection with the array and be able to track its location, just like the umbilical cord between a mother and her baby, naturally carrying the laws of heaven."
Snow began to fall again on Jianfeng Peak, swirling and fluttering, a vast expanse of white, as if to bury the entire world, leaving no trace of life.
A lone figure stood tall amidst the white snow, the bright red cinnabar between his brows dazzling like blood.
Jiang Liqian's heart was pounding faster and faster. She wanted to yell at that madman, "Shut up, shut up, stop talking!"
But his voice still managed to penetrate her eardrums through the wind and snow blowing in her face.
The humming of the horn was loud.
"My junior sister cared deeply for the world. Before she willingly became a sacrifice to the God-Demon Sealing Array, she didn't forget to make me the last guardian of this taboo, the last unbreakable lock. She knew that I would never betray her... She was farsighted, but she also forgot that her junior brother could also become unscrupulous and despicable."
"Li'er, you are the disciple chosen for me by Heaven, and of course, you are also the best sword to break this lock."
He needed her to use her own hands to forcibly remove his junior sister, who had become a demon in his heart, from his mind.
He needed her to break this taboo he couldn't break, so that he could once again speak her name in the sunlight and openly miss her.
He needed her to strip away his dirtiest side so that he could meet his junior sister in his prime, completely clean.
Jiang Li listened blankly, her eyes gradually losing their focus. Suddenly, a large hole appeared in her heart, empty and dark, with nothing left.
So, was it all a lie?
All that talk about the common people, sect responsibilities, camaraderie, and senior sister—it's all fake, isn't it?
It was true in the past life, and it is true in this life as well.
She was a sword he forged with his own hands.
The sword's point was what he wanted; that was all.
Ha, ha ha...
They're all liars, big liars. She gave them her whole heart without reservation, but they treated her like a pawn.
Absurd, truly absurd.
How could they do this to her?