novelraw Chapter 78 – The Death of Jiang Xun
Chapter 78 – The Death of Jiang Xun
[After carefully comparing the portrait, you confirm that the head in front of you belongs to Jiang Xun.]
[You are greatly surprised.]
[You never expected that Jiang Xun, who was suspected to be a fellow transmigrator, would be so easily killed by you.]
[You take the initiative to ask about the events that transpired.]
[Li Wuyi tells you that the Hehuan Sect female cultivator whom Jiang Xun was infatuated with had to return home for her father's funeral a few days ago. Jiang Xun accompanied her, leaving the Hehuan Sect. This gave Li Wuyi the opportunity to ambush them on the road and successfully kill them both.]
[In the end, Li Wuyi remarks that Jiang Xun was deeply hidden, not at all the playboy the rumors suggested. It was just a disguise. In reality, he was an Innate Realm Expert, only in his twenties, truly a top-tier prodigy.]
[During the fight, even Li Wuyi was almost deceived and nearly lost. However, with his formidable power as a half-step Heaven-Human, Jiang Xun, who was only at the early Innate Realm, could only resist for a while before being forcefully killed.]
Seeing this, Chen Shi slightly dispelled his doubts.
The Mastermind two years later specifically targeted Jiang Xun for assassination by his powerful senior sister. For the Mastermind to be so focused on him, Jiang Xun must have been extraordinary, likely the royal transmigrator. If Li Wuyi had killed him easily, that would have been unusual.
[Next, you subtly ask Li Wuyi if Jiang Xun displayed any special abilities during the fight.]
[Li Wuyi hesitates for a moment.]
[He says no.]
[However, he figured out why Jiang Xun tarnished his own reputation.]
[The main reason is that his father is King Qin, a Heaven-Human Powerhouse, who has held the position in the Eastern Palace for decades and is deeply entangled with many high-ranking officials and nobles in the court. Therefore, both father and son are heavily suspected by the current emperor, and even their fief was deliberately chosen to be in Liangzhou City, so the Song family could monitor King Qin.]
[You are somewhat surprised.]
[You didn't expect there to be such a connection between the Song family and the Qin King's Manor.]
[This incident also gives you a glimmer of hope to leverage the Song family against the Qin King's Manor.]
[Uncertain if the royal transmigrator is dead or alive,]
[You decide to prepare for multiple outcomes.]
[You end the conversation.]
[You pay Li Wuyi the remaining reward.]
[...]
[On September 30th, a major event occurred in Liangzhou City: the Heir Apparent of King Qin was brutally murdered by a mysterious powerhouse.]
[King Qin was furious and personally went to the Hehuan Sect's mountain gate.]
[The current emperor was enraged and sent an imperial envoy to thoroughly investigate the matter.]
[You are somewhat worried.]
[...]
[On October 1st, you participated in the Alpha Battalion Tournament.]
[Your Supreme Golden Bones were exposed under the eyes of the Song family patriarch.]
[You challenged Song Chengming.]
[You used the Heaven and Earth Sword Slash.]
[The opponent did not evade, unleashing sixty percent of his Blade Intent, and executed the Song family's perfected Earth Grade supreme technique, Boundless Sea.]
[A flurry of blade and sword shadows flashed by.]
[Boom—]
[Both of you were blasted off the arena.]
[You slid on your knees for dozens of meters, your face flushed, your insides burning.]
[A trace of blood trickled from the corner of Song Chengming's mouth.]
[You were exhausted.]
[Narrowly defeated.]
[Half an hour later, you recovered your strength and continued to challenge Song Chengming.]
[After barely withstanding your move, Song Chengming was seriously injured. If he continued to compete with you, he might not even remain in the top ten. With this in mind, he reluctantly gave up the number one arena.]
[In the following days, several Bronze Bones contestants challenged you. However, unlike before, under the powerful combat strength of your Supreme Golden Bones, you easily defeated them without needing to use the Heaven and Earth Sword Slash.]
[On October 5th, the tournament ended, and you claimed the first place.]
[You made a name for yourself.]
[After the tournament, a Song family patriarch, Song Shenyi, heard the news and came out of seclusion to personally meet you.]
[You had a close conversation.]
[In the end, Song Shenyi proposed to betroth Song Qingxue to you.]
[You knew that this Song family patriarch was trying to win you over, to bind you to the Song family's chariot. However, unfortunately, you practice the Five Gates of Heaven, and your talent is not as extraordinary as they imagine.]
[You shook your head and declined.]
[And you candidly revealed the technique you practice.]
[Song Shenyi looked surprised and doubtful.]
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[He asked how you, at such a young age, managed to open the fourth Death Gate in such a short time.]
[You said that in the Cursed Land, you encountered a mysterious middle-aged man who gave you a page of a bronze book... Before you finished speaking, Song Shenyi interrupted you, stating that he had learned all your information before coming out of seclusion and knew that you had never left the Song family in your life...]
[Seeing this, you confessed your identity as a reborn person a year later and astonishingly stated that the Song family might be destroyed in the near future.]
[Song Shenyi was bewildered.]
[Immediately, he waved his hand, and you felt a moment of dizziness, your consciousness began to scatter.]
[Your mind was being probed...]
[You answered some questions...]
[You came back to your senses.]
[You looked up, meeting Song Shenyi's piercing gaze.]
[He questioned you, stating that during the heart-questioning process, you denied your identity as a reborn person.]
Chen Shi was puzzled.
Based on the description in the simulation text.
Heart-questioning should involve letting one's consciousness scatter, opening the mind, and subconsciously answering some questions.
It's hard to lie.
Similar to the hallucinogens used in FBA interrogations in the previous life.
The simulated version of himself clearly had memories from previous simulations, yet during the heart-questioning process, he denied himself... Could it be that the simulated version of him has some kind of special memory protection mechanism?
Unless he says it himself.
Otherwise, no one can obtain any information related to the simulator's memories?
This possibility is high.
In the third simulation, he was soul-searched by Lin Manqing once, and no information was obtained. The Innate Realm Expert who performed the soul search didn't even know he was a transmigrator, only assuming he was an ordinary stable hand.
Therefore, the simulated version of himself likely has a memory protection mechanism. As long as he doesn't voluntarily speak, no one can probe his memories.
In the eighth simulation, the royal transmigrator who killed him also muttered, saying there was nothing in his head and suspected he was "from the other side." Initially, he thought this "nothing" referred to a golden finger, but now it seems it referred to the memories in his mind.
[You realize that your past life's memories might be quite special.]
[Unable to be probed.]
[Can only be explained.]
[Your soul after rebirth is somewhat abnormal...]
[Finally, you felt that your explanation was not convincing enough and revealed that Elder Wang was a spy planted by the Qin King's Manor.]
[Song Shenyi became even more surprised.]
[He had long known Elder Wang's identity, and the reason he hadn't acted was purely to see what tricks the Qin King's Manor was playing. But for you to reveal it so directly, he was somewhat astonished, and a trace of doubt arose about your claim of the Song family's destruction.]
[He calmly asked you why the Song family would be destroyed.]
[You revealed everything about the demon uprising, the Heaven Grade Technique, and the mysterious people besieging the Song family, but deliberately omitted the existence of the Mastermind. If Song Shenyi knew you were involved in the Song family's destruction, he might directly kick you out.]
[Song Shenyi gave you a deep look.]
[He asked if you wanted to open the fifth Heaven Gate and refine the legendary Jade Bones.]
[You were momentarily stunned.]
[Then quickly expressed your strong desire.]
[Song Shenyi told you that the opportunity to open the fifth Heaven Gate is hidden in the True Martial Tomb in the Cursed Land, also known as the Immortal Palace that descended fifty years ago.]