Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 511 - 266: Negotiating with Demon Venerable

Chapter 511: Chapter 266: Negotiating with Demon Venerable

"Jiang Wan?"

Zhuge Xuanji waved the sleeve of his worn-out Taoist robe and asked with a smile, "Why do you firmly believe that Jiang Wan will be resurrected?"

He poured out all the divination sticks from the bamboo tube, randomly stirred them, then snapped one of them and looked at Li Guanshi as he spoke:

"The soul returns to the nether world, the body enters the earth, the passing of a person is like the running out of lamp oil, dark and never bright again. Even if magic defies heaven and brings one back to life, it’s merely a ship of memories moored on the shores of the void. Taoist Li, you should see through this more than anyone."

Li Guanshi lightly lifted her delicate fingers, brushing a stray strand of hair from her forehead, and smiled, "I used to think the same, but now I have some new thoughts."

Zhuge Xuanji suddenly realized, "Have you met the Esoteric Sect’s Mother Buddha?"

Li Guanshi spoke indifferently, "I asked her about matters of the Living Buddha’s relics and reincarnation. Although she too said that reincarnation is nothing more than memories and emotions, aren’t memories and emotions the essence of a person?"

Zhuge Xuanji shook his finger:

"You are all wrong. The Esoteric Sect’s Protector Deity is the Esoteric Sect’s Protector Deity, Zhang Yunwu is Zhang Yunwu, Jiang Wan is Jiang Wan...

Of course, you won’t believe what an old Daoist like me says. Soon, that boy Zhang Yunwu will be replaced by the Esoteric Sect’s Protector Deity; then you can see for yourself, who he really is?"

Zhuge Xuanji put the divination sticks back and said with a smile:

"Frankly, you should worry not about Jiang Wan, but about Yan Changqing. Unless you don’t intend to use that girl, but such a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, can you resist it?"

Li Guanshi turned her head slightly, her eyes softly sweeping the surroundings, then suddenly asked, "When did Yan Changqing die?"

Zhuge Xuanji abruptly raised his head, giving her an odd look, "How do you know he will die?"

Li Guanshi’s long eyelashes drooped as she spoke softly:

"Initially in the Capital, the Demon Venerable suddenly appeared and wreaked havoc in the royal palace. Before she left, she said something to Yan Changqing, ’Live well.’

At that time, I didn’t pay attention, but recently, thinking about it, the Demon Venerable wouldn’t have said that without reason. She must have seen something. So I secretly investigated a bit, and it’s not good."

Zhuge Xuanji’s expression grew solemn, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said:

"He only started cultivating at the age of twenty, and yet he’s now one of the top three experts in the world. He’s talented but not monstrously so. Ordinary cultivators need to open 356 acupoints throughout their body, but he has only opened 20 acupoints from two meridians and possesses merely three Swordsmanship moves.

One can find shortcuts in cultivation, but eventually, a price must be paid. Yan Changqing has defied too many norms, and his cost is greater than ordinary people’s."

"I’ve told him before, he should have died long ago, but he is still well and alive.

Because he disdains the completion of the great Dao and has no interest in so-called immortality, thus the Heavenly Dao will not punish him. He only wants to find his daughter, it is his only thought..."

Zhuge Xuanji sighed, "Actually, for experts of your level, the perception of one’s own fate is very deep. You ask me to guess how long he can live, I cannot calculate it.

I only know that he will last until the moment his daughter is found. Currently in the Capital, he’s probably still hesitating whether to take a gamble."

Li Guanshi remained silent for a long time and then spoke indifferently, "Sword Demon is deceased, and thus, there truly is no Sword Dao in the world."

Zhuge Xuanji shook his head with a smile:

"Not necessarily, when the stars sink and the heavens turn, there will always be a morning star shining anew in the nine skies. When the Dao disappears into obscurity, a lineage of virtue will continue from the earth. The Heavenly Dao cycles, endlessly birthing anew, who can guarantee that no saint of the Sword Dao will emerge in the future?"

"Hmm, right, just like swindlers like you from the Jianghu, who will never disappear,"

Li Guanshi said sardonically.

Zhuge Xuanji laughed, "Seeing clearly the ways of the world, foolishly believing in spirits. As long as people have desires, or ghosts in their hearts, fortune-tellers like us will always carry on."

Before Li Guanshi could speak, Zhuge Xuanji continued:

"Isn’t Taoist Li afraid of being trapped by that disciple? Why be afraid? Does it mean Taoist Li also has ghosts in his heart?"

"You guess?"

Li Guanshi’s lips curled with a faint, neither warm nor cold smile, reminiscent of the distant mountain’s untouchable snowline, exuding unapproachable nobility and detachment.

Zhuge Xuanji just laughed it off: "Just mindless chatter from an old Daoist."

"Next time, there won’t be a chance for you to gossip."

Li Guanshi stood up and departed.

Watching the graceful figure of the woman disappear, Zhuge Xuanji helplessly shook his head, "There goes, not even a copper coin this time."

Just then, a shadow appeared before him.

Yeying stared intensely at the old Daoist, coldly asking, "Is Qingzhou truly going to fall into chaos?"

Zhuge Xuanji gestured for her to sit and took out some candied sweets from the bamboo basket beside him, offering them to her: "Girl, these are from Heavenly Food Tower, specially bought for you, want to try?"

Seeing Yeying staring at him without speaking, Zhuge Xuanji smiled and said, "Chaos will benefit you as well."

"I don’t want too many innocents to die,"

Yeying said angrily.

Zhuge Xuanji popped a candied sweet into his mouth, "People can avoid dying; you just have to sit on the throne in the Capital now."

Yeying fell silent.

Zhuge Xuanji looked up at the sky and slowly said,

"Girl, some things can’t be changed, our abilities are just so slight, we can’t stop anything.

Chaos is inevitable, as is death. It’s just unknown who can profit the most. This game of Qingzhou, even if overturned, must have a winner."

Yeying spoke faintly, "I’m taking Jiang Mo away."

Zhuge Xuanji shook his head, "That boy now has the female master Luoxue by his side, no one dares to provoke him. Besides, even if you wanted to take him away, he wouldn’t be willing."

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