Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 1389 - 130: Who Outmaneuvered Whom?

Zhou Lingyi understood in her heart.

Zhou Yan also knew in his heart.

So the two words Zhou Yan gave actually represented an acceptance.

Zhou Yan turned around, no longer watching Lin Xuefei’s back. Although it was a short farewell, without a doubt, this woman, like Mo Yuyao, entered his life in another way.

Zhou Yan’s mind couldn’t help but echo with Zhou Lingyi’s words, but in the end, these words disappeared again.

Zhou Yan didn’t showcase any techniques because the soul injury from before had started to recover, and the speed was about a thousand times faster than the outside world. So even if it took half a year to recover in the outside world, it could be restored in less than a day here.

Moreover, as Zhou Yan’s Thunder Seal became stronger, the recovery time would only be shorter.

Zhou Yan repaired his injury and continued sensing towards the distance.

The commotion here had already manifested, and no matter how much Zhou Yan tried to hide, it was useless.

However, as a mere Eternal Life Being of the second level, neither the enemy nor Jiang Xinli paid much attention to him.

So Lin Xuefei left without any obstruction.

This was a good thing.

The deadly battle between both parties led them to ignore the two insignificant ants.

As Zhou Yan sensed forward, the battle reached its peak, with all four Eternal Life Beings’ Eternal Spirits dried up and shattered, defeated miserably and in complete disarray.

And Jiang Xinli, this time, was genuinely in a very miserable state, much worse than the injuries she had pretended to have before.

However, this kind of battle reached the extreme, and without one side’s true destruction, no life would retreat.

So the battle continued.

Finally, after Jiang Xinli suffered three destructive strikes, she killed three Eternal Life Beings at once and devoured and refined them.

And the other being was the woman in green.

In her helplessness and despair, she burned her Eternal Spirit so quickly that Jiang Xinli couldn’t stop her.

Then this Eternal Spirit tore through a void, unleashed a Soul Sea in self-destruction with a secret technique, heavily striking Jiang Xinli’s Eternal Spirit from within.

Jiang Xinli’s Eternal Spirit was directly shattered, nearly pulverized, extremely tragic.

Under such circumstances, the woman in green died, and Jiang Xinli also fell to the ground.

At this point, Zhou Yan hurried over in shock, came beside Jiang Xinli, and with a face of sorrow, picked Jiang Xinli up.

Then, Zhou Yan released his Eternal Spirit, intending to infuse the Life Origin Qi into Jiang Xinli. However, Jiang Xinli, spitting blood and weak, said, "No, no need, resurrection is already, already impossible. Perhaps, if the King’s inheritance is found, there might, might still be hope."

As Jiang Xinli spoke, her eyes had already dimmed, and her entire Eternal Spirit aged into a dry corpse, completely devoid of energy.

But Jiang Xinli didn’t die because although her Eternal Spirit had become a dry corpse, it still contained the corresponding aura.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan still wanted to unleash the Origin of his Eternal Spirit but found he couldn’t.

It turned out that unknowingly, his Eternal Spirit had been temporarily suppressed by Jiang Xinli.

Furthermore, such a technique was executed without anyone noticing.

Zhou Yan’s heart sneered, naturally recognizing Jiang Xinli’s grand ambition, but he feared nothing more than playing games of deception and intrigue with others.

So instead, Zhou Yan said with genuine emotion, "Protector, disciple’s power is weak, protector’s power is strong. If the protector cannot recover early, even if the disciple has some self-preservation ability, what use is it? I never thought the protector would protect the disciple so much that even the Eternal Spirit would not be let to release."

Zhou Yan’s words were sincere.

This attitude was even identical to when Zhou Yan faced Lin Xuefei.

Moreover, Zhou Yan understood the natural aura of the Elf Race. Back then, how startling was Gles’s deception?

Zhou Yan’s mimicry skill was incredibly realistic, even to the point where it could perfectly substitute the truth. At this moment, his sincerity struck even Jiang Xinli, making her wonder if she had misjudged this person?

Jiang Xinli’s eyes flickered uncertainly, but she didn’t let Zhou Yan notice anything unusual.

"How did you know there were enemies ahead before?"

Jiang Xinli didn’t answer Zhou Yan’s words but instead asked weakly.

By this time, Zhou Yan had already picked Jiang Xinli up, one hand placed between her hip and thigh, and the other on her chest, a quite ambiguous position.

However, what Zhou Yan exhibited was quite similar to Lin Xuefei’s innocence, with eyes clear and words sincere and natural, coming from the heart, which immediately made Jiang Xinli, who was rather uncomfortable, feel that she was overthinking and that her thoughts were impure.

But in reality, is it really like that? Only Zhou Yan knows in his heart.

Such a ruthless and vicious woman, Zhou Yan would definitely take any advantage he could and would not treat her with true sincerity.

Even not setting her up for a fall would already be considered good.

Unfortunately, this time he wasn’t able to truly pit tiger against wolf, after all, Jiang Xinli survived.

And even though a camel that starves is still bigger than a horse, even with Jiang Xinli in such a state, Zhou Yan didn’t think he had the ability to take her down, since he didn’t believe that Jiang Xinli’s injuries had really brought her to the brink of death.

Perhaps, once he made a move, he would truly fall into a trap.

Therefore, Zhou Yan still needed certain means and arrangements to ensure the complete suppression of this woman. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

While Zhou Yan pondered some matters in his heart, he would not show it, instead responding very sincerely to Jiang Xinli’s questions.

"I’m merely at the Eternal Life Second Realm, naturally I have self-awareness, so after sensing the abnormality ahead, I immediately retreated."

Zhou Yan said.

"You can sense danger?"

Jiang Xinli’s eyes flickered strangely.

"Yes, but it’s only a subtle sense. More of it comes from the traces on the ground. You see the faint marks at the entrance of that distant main hall, and also the flowers and grass beside the hall clearly have faint marks of damage. With our Ziwei Sect disciples’ kind mentality, we wouldn’t trample these, so these must not belong to our Ziwei Sect beings.

If they are beings that are not of the Ziwei Sect who entered the Ziwei main hall first, we can imagine they must be beings of other domains, most likely enemies."

"After making this judgment, I immediately used the ancient Concealing Technique. This Concealing Technique originates from the Fish Eye Technique of Chaos within the Eight Array Map, an ancient inheritance technique of the Ancient Fu Xi Clan. Its usage severely depletes the soul, but it allows beings not to be sensed."

"I hid in this way to originally avoid those beings but unintentionally brought a disaster to the protector. However, even knowing the protector was here, I, Zhou Yan, would still do the same, because after meeting Xue Fei earlier, I learned that many female disciples had been slaughtered by those scum Eternal Life Beings. Though I lack the ability, I believe the protector certainly has the ability to avenge them!"

Zhou Yan spoke with conviction, and his words were extremely intense.

Even expressing his own anger and preferences.

This point in the words, though mixed with truth and falsehood, made it all the more believable.

Sure enough, Jiang Xinli raised her eyebrows but fell into silence.

"You’re not bad, having a big-picture outlook, knowing to hide and not engage, even leaving quietly at the risk of being discovered, persuading Lin Xuefei to leave.

Otherwise, if she came, both you and she would only become my burdens, making it all the more restraining for me, throwing me into great passivity."

Jiang Xinli thought for a moment and then conformed to Zhou Yan’s thought, thus judging Zhou Yan’s ’intentions’.

Zhou Yan immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Sect Master treats me so well, if I discovered Xue Fei in danger and did not take action, would I not be worse than a beast? I, who reside only in the Eternal Life Second Realm, am merely an ant, even if discovered and killed, it would be no big deal. Eternal Life Beings, who would be afraid of death?

But if I could luckily persuade Xue Fei to leave, then that would be repayment of the great kindness of the Sect Master.

Now, Xue Fei has left and is completely safe. As I remain here, if the protector wins, I can take care of the protector, help out with errands and such.

If the protector dies, and I am captured by those Eternal Spirits, escaping death would be impossible, so dying together with the protector would be my honor."

Zhou Yan said earnestly.

These words were simply true to the core.

Spoken with a unique emotion, so sincere that Zhou Yan himself felt a tinge of redness in his eyes.

This deceitful method, if even he believed it, how would others not believe?

Sure enough, hearing Zhou Yan’s words, Jiang Xinli fell silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Good, very good. It’s rare for the Sect Master to place so much importance on you, indeed, those whom the Sect Master looks upon, truly do not disappoint."

Jiang Xinli said, and then continued, "Zhou Yan, now that we’re here, lead me into the main hall. Inside the hall, there’s an Array; you understand the Eight Array Map of the Ancient Fu Xi Clan, perhaps there’s a chance to figure out a way to break it."

The Commandery Princess’s inheritance is the Origin Force of the Ziwei Heavenly Dao’s True Intent. If I acquire some, I can recover, and the rest you can absorb to transform the strength of your Soul Body and Realm. You can also leave some for Xue Fei; if Xue Fei has some of the Ziwei Heavenly Dao’s True Intent Origin Force, her Realm advancement will be rapid. She would thereby qualify to inherit the Ziwei Sect."

"Of course, you can also save some for yourself, as long as you have the corresponding opportunity; whatever you do, it would be entirely logical."

Jiang Xinli was already painting a promising future for Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan chuckled inwardly—how can the inheritance of the Ziwei Heavenly Dao’s True Intent Origin Force be that easy?

Even though, Zhou Yan also knew the Secret Technique of the Eight Array Map, combined with his understanding of the Tai Chu Rune and Immortal Emperor Rune, was rather impressive. If he wanted to break through, it was not difficult, but Zhou Yan would never show it to be so straightforward.

Moreover, he had to always pay attention to Jiang Xinli’s changes; within nine instances of genuine behavior, to mix one false calculation so that Jiang Xinli wouldn’t notice.