After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 512 - 503 The So-Called Forbidden Technique

Chapter 512: Chapter 503 The So-Called Forbidden Technique

Wu Jue sat back down again, with no trace of surprise on his face.

With the earlier words of Wu Hua, he had already expected that Your Majesty would ask such a question.

"Your Majesty, I just got lucky."

Jiang Lingxi raised an eyebrow.

Lucky to have lived for a thousand years?

Then everyone in this world would want a stroke of luck like that.

Wu Jue sat cross-legged, gazing at the flickering flames in front of him, and began to speak slowly, "Buddhism talks about karma and reincarnation, but the Forbidden Technique seeks to glimpse into all of this ahead of time. The backlash from it must be borne by those who dare to peek. At the beginning, even I didn’t know if the Forbidden Technique would succeed, or if Yunqing could withstand it all. I was anxious until you awoke in this world, fearing that the Forbidden Technique might have only half succeeded."

"As the one who cast the technique, I inadvertently glimpsed a bit of the future of someone close to me during the process. That person you also know now, Wu Hua, she was once my junior sister."

"Yes, Yunqing told me."

"I saw her, in the future, causing harm with the secret technique to seek eternal life, hurting too many people. I joined the Buddhist path originally to atone, but according to the future I saw, a lifetime clearly was not enough. So, at the final moment, I tried to transfer part of the Forbidden Technique that was initially meant to help Yunqing to myself."

"So, you’re reincarnated too?"

"No, I possess a Buddha Bone, which repels the Forbidden Technique, and the backlash I faced was different from Yunqing’s. Each successful reincarnation, I recall scattered memories, but not all, unless I encounter someone deeply entangled with me." He said with a bitter smile, "Only in this life, with the little bit of remaining memory, when I saw Yunqing, did I finally remember what I had been meant to do over these thousand years."

Jiang Lingxi nodded, showing timely curiosity, "Every time you can live with part of your past life’s memories?"

This should be a good thing, right?

In this way, there would be no need to learn everything from scratch, perhaps even avoiding some detours.

"But it requires the ruin of a family as the price to trigger the awakening of those memories. Every life, in the end, I am always alone."

Jiang Lingxi gasped lightly, "That’s so tragic!"

It becomes a fate like a doomed lone star!

"You won’t be like that in this life, will you?"

Will there be a ruin of family this time too?

The rest of Jiang Lingxi’s words were left unsaid, as it seemed like exposing someone’s scars.

"Not this time."

"Hmm?"

"I was an orphan from the beginning, raised in a mountain temple, and to this day do not know the whereabouts of any relatives."

Jiang Lingxi: "...Haven’t investigated it?"

"The bloodline has been severed."

Jiang Lingxi didn’t know what to say.

Still, it’s a bit tragic.

She decisively changed the subject, "But your junior sister Wu Hua, her situation should be different from yours, right?"

Mentioning Wu Hua again, Wu Jue’s tone sank, "Your Majesty’s previous guess was correct, she needs a lot of fortune to offset the backlash from the Eternal Life Secret Technique. The people she took under her wing also need it. Within the Changcang Sect, there are even specialized people to collect fortune. The encounter of Xiaotao’s family is not unique, only that Mei Shuiqing was excessively greedy, so it was more severe for Xiaotao’s family compared to others. Some celebrities active in the entertainment industry are actually also tools for them to gather fortune, and these celebrities themselves are not even aware."

Jiang Lingxi immediately thought of Xu Qingmei and Jiang Xiyu, these two people.

Both have connections with the Changcang Sect, so they are inevitably tools of the Changcang Sect.

However, "Why use celebrities, do celebrities have high fortune?"

In her view, the higher the status, the greater the fortune should be.

Though this identity of a celebrity is indeed higher compared to ancient times, it’s not enough against true powerful figures.

This time it was Shen Yunqing who answered her, "Celebrities are a group with high visibility yet not very high status. The fans number in hundreds of thousands or even millions. Their fortune is like a trickling stream, formed by traces of admiration and love, yet very fragile at times. Thus, it can be peeled away from them as if unraveling a cocoon. And as long as it’s not excessive, they can continue to be used."

Jiang Lingxi nodded to show her understanding.

Wu Jue added, "But the cooperation Wu Hua mentioned in the underground Dark Hall is not for your celebrity fortune, it is for your imperial fortune. Imperial fortune, unless willingly given by yourself, if forcefully stripped, will only bring about greater backlash, making it not worthwhile."

"I guessed as much."

Since they recognized her as Emperor Yuan Zhao, the cooperation naturally sought her other identity.

"To this day, I’m not sure how much fortune she has accumulated. If she uses it regardless to evade this death crisis and escapes, it’s uncertain. Without seeing her actual death, I dare not claim certainty. But even if she escapes this time, she will surely be gravely weakened."

"Tsk, truly a scourge lasting a thousand years!"

Jiang Lingxi added more wood to the fire, preparing to stand up when she suddenly stumbled.

She was swiftly supported by Shen Yunqing, who was sitting beside her.

Then a shout came from not far away, "What happened, I just felt the ground shake a bit, there won’t be an earthquake, right?"

"I felt it too."

The three exchanged a glance, stood up, and climbed to a nearby gentle slope, looking toward the direction of the Moaning Sand Eye.

Under the night sky it was not very clear, but they could vaguely see a large area beside the Moaning Sand Eye had sunk significantly.

"Is this tomb completely destroyed?"

When they came out, seeing nothing amiss above, she thought at least the ground part wouldn’t be affected, turns out the collapse just progressed a bit slowly!

"Now the surface change is quite significant."

"It may be noticed."

Coming down from the gentle slope, they happened to encounter Xu Zhao and Chang Fu who had come looking for them.

"Is the tomb collapsed?"

Jiang Lingxi nodded at the two of them, "The ground has sunk down, now there’s a big pit over there."

"Such a big change, when the satellite runs over it might detect an anomaly." Xu Zhao’s expression became serious, "To be safe, I suggest we leave now."

Chang Fu quickly spoke up, "I can calculate the satellite trajectory, leaving before the satellite runs over is enough."

After saying this, he noticed Xu Zhao turning to look at him for a moment.

Thinking about the rigid demeanor of this person and the team members below, it was obvious what their former profession was, he explained with an innocent face, "It’s just calculation, won’t interfere."

Only then did Xu Zhao withdraw his gaze.

Shen Yunqing nodded slightly to Chang Fu, "This time, you be the alarm. Depart thirty minutes in advance."

"Got it!"

And so they couldn’t sleep until dawn after all.

At four in the morning, Jiang Lingxi was awakened by a shout coming from outside the tent, after getting up and dressing, she tasked Shen Yunqing with packing up the tent and went to find Wu Jue, who had just woken up, in the still-dark early morning.

Seeing Jiang Lingxi coming, Wu Jue’s eyelids fluttered, "Your Majesty."

Jiang Lingxi went straight to him and got straight to the point, "You and Yunqing were able to reincarnate because of the Forbidden Technique and both suffered backlash, now that I am reincarnated too, I have not felt any backlash, why? Tell me honestly, has Yunqing borne the backlash for both of us?"