Chapter 279: Beloved
Ye Guan had his suspicions, but he still found it hard to believe now that it had come true. It turned out Ba Wan was indeed a Divine Spirit!
Ye Guan shook his head. He smiled bitterly and inwardly asked, “Senior, you knew it all along?”
The mysterious voice replied, “Yes.”
Ye Guan asked, “Senior, are you a Divine Spirit?”
After a few moments of silence, the mysterious voice replied, “Yes.”
She's a Divine Spirit as well? Ye Guan chuckled. It's not even funny. Ba Wan is a Divine Spirit, and the mysterious senior in the pagoda is a Divine Spirit as well?!
Ye Guan flinched upon thinking of something, and he inwardly asked, “Master Pagoda, please don't tell me that you're a Divine Spirit as well.”
Little Pagoda replied, “Actually, you’re a Divine Spirit, too.”
Ye Guan’s face darkened.
Ba Wan's eyes landed on Ye Guan. She smiled and explained, “I remembered some of my past.”
Ye Guan retracted his thoughts and pulled Ba Wan’s hand. “What did you discover?”
Ba Wan simply stared at Ye Guan without saying anything.
"I—" Ye Guan started.
However, Ba Wan interrupted him. “Her name is Yan Cijing, and my name is Yan Cishu. We're sisters related by blood.”
Sisters related by blood?! Ye Guan froze. Are you kidding me?!
Ba Wan added, “I also have another name—True Selflessness[1].”
True Selflessness! Ye Guan quivered ever so slightly. Isn't True Selflessness the supreme elite who had established her own Dao outside the three thousand Great Daos?!
Ye Guan slowly loosened his grip on Ba Wan's hand.
Ba Wan was still staring at Ye Guan with a smile, but tears welled up in her eyes as Ye Guan slowly let go of her hand.
Seeing that, he gripped her hand tightly and wiped her tears away. He said softly, “I knew that your origins aren’t simple, and I had my own suspicions. I just didn’t think that you're actually True Selflessness…”
However, Ye Guan wasn't the only one caught off guard. Everyone else in the vicinity was also shocked to discover that True Selflessness was actually a Divine Spirit all this while.
Ba Wan said softly, “It would have been great if I hadn't recovered some of my memories.”
Ye Guan's expression turned cold, and his voice sounded icy as he asked, “Senior, is this what you wanted to happen?"
The mysterious voice explained, “I wanted you to get your hands on the full Unbeatable Fist Art. I didn't tell you to fool around and sleep with someone. I'm also surprised by this turn of events. Why did you even sleep with her? What are you going to do now?”
Ye Guan was speechless. He also couldn't believe what he had done.
Ba Wan suddenly said, “You should return to the Guanxuan Universe.”
Ye Guan looked at her and asked, “What about you?”
Ba Wan blinked without saying a single word.
“I want you to go with me to the Guanxuan Universe,” Ye Guan said.
Swoosh!
The Adjudication Sword Master abruptly unleashed a sword move toward Ye Guan before Ba Wan could even say anything. She moved so fast that there was no way Ye Guan could dodge it. However, a hand reached out and snatched it out of mid-air just as it was an inch away from Ye Guan's forehead.
The hand belonged to Ba Wan.
The Adjudication Sword Master stared silently at Ba Wan.
Ba Wan pushed the sword away and chuckled. “Cijing, your temper still hasn’t changed despite the passage of time. You still raise your sword against someone the moment they say something you dislike.”
The Adjudication Sword Master snapped her fingers, and the sword flew back to her.
“You’re going to let him go?” she asked Ba Wan; her voice sounded extremely cold.
Ba Wan nodded quietly.
The Adjudication Sword Master’s gaze turned cold at that, and she said fiercely, “You know he's an enemy, right?”
Ba Wan was silent.
The Adjudication Sword Master glared at Ba Wan and said, “I asked if you know that he's our enemy.”
Ba Wan chuckled and said, “Cijing, do we really have to antagonize each other? It's our first meeting after so many years."
The Adjudication Sword Master remained expressionless and silent, but a domineering aura rolled out of her. Needless to say, she was furious at Ba Wan's attempt to protect Ye Guan.
Ba Wan's gaze fell on Ye Guan. “The little brat inside of you isn't Cijing's match at the moment, so I'm going to send you—”
Ye Guan interrupted her with a shake of his head. “What about you?”
“I'm from the True Universe," Ba Wan replied.
"Are you saying that we're going to be enemies the next time we meet?”
Ba Wan didn't say anything in response.
Ye Guan’s tone became gentler as he asked, “Ba Wan, why don’t you come with me?”
The Adjudication Sword Master frowned. Ba Wan and Ye Guan were closer to each other than she initially thought. At first, she never thought that they were more than friends, as she considered it impossible. However, she finally realized that there was something amiss upon seeing them holding each other's hands.
The Adjudication Sword Master's gaze fell upon Ba Wan.
“You did it with him?” she questioned.
Ba Wan smiled and replied, “Did you not tell me to just go for it once I've met someone I like?”
Ye Guan was rendered speechless.
The Adjudication Sword Master stared coldly at Ba Wan.
“Have you ever thought about our relationship with the Guanxuan Universe?”
"I know what you're trying to say," Ba Wan replied, “However, I would have still done it, even if I had recovered some of my memories prior to it. Is it necessary to care about so many things when you like someone?”
The Adjudication Sword Master was furious. She was so mad that she swung her sword toward Ye Guan.
Ba Wan stood in front of Ye Guan and punched the oncoming sword.
Boom!
A dazzling fist light bloomed, and it didn't shatter in the face of the Adjudication Sword Master’s sword!
It seemed that Ba Wan’s strength had gone through a qualitative change.
The Adjudication Sword Master’s eyes flashed in a fierce light. She rushed forward and swung her sword once more.
Ba Wan dragged Ye Guan behind her and sent another punch.
Boom!
A fierce force struck the Adjudication Sword Master’s sword, while a gentle force sent Ye Guan at least a few kilometers away.
The Adjudication Sword Master’s face turned extremely ugly at the sight.
“Did you just attack me because of him?!”
A terrifying typhoon of sword force burst out of the Adjudication Sword Master. The world itself turned illusory beneath her might.
Ba Wan smiled at the Adjudication Sword Master and said, “It’s been so many years, so how come your temper is still so bad?”
“Are you really going to protect him today?” the Adjudication Sword Master asked.
“You won't be able to kill him, Cijing!” Ba Wan shouted with conviction in her voice.
“Want me to try it then?” said the Adjudication Sword Master with dissatisfaction strewn across her face. She vanished almost at the same time as she spoke the final syllable of her sentence.
Ba Wan vanished into thin air as well.
Moments later, a kaleidoscope of lights pervaded the skies.
Boom!
A deafening explosion echoed as Ba Wan and the Adjudication Sword Master found themselves in a boundless patch of spacetime. The surrounding spacetime turned illusory beneath their combined might. It seemed that even the dense and boundless nature of spacetime in the Boundless Spacetime couldn't withstand their power.
To make matters worse, each and every single attack from the Adjudication Sword Master was filled with rage, and every sword move seemed capable of splitting even the heavens into two.
Ba Wan’s current prowess could only be described as terrifying. She was not falling behind in defending herself against the Adjudication Sword Master's attacks.
Their battle was way more intense than the battle between the Adjudication Sword Master and Sovereign Qing.
Ye Guan stared at them from below and inwardly asked, “Senior, do you personally know the True God?”
The mysterious voice was silent for a while before she replied, “Yes.”
Ye Guan asked again, “Are you two close?”
The mysterious voice said, “We’ve slept together before.”
Ye Guan was at a loss for words.
Little Pagoda chimed in and asked, “Is it the wholesome kind?”
The mysterious voice retorted fiercely, “I’m really going to beat you up sooner or later.”
Little Pagoda went silent at that.
The mysterious voice added, “I know that you’re curious about my relationship with Ba Wan and the True God, but… I don’t really like to talk about the water under the bridge.”
Ye Guan nodded and said, “I won’t force you to say it if you don’t want to, but I'm curious about something. You should know about the enmity between the Guanxuan Universe and the True Universe, but you still decided to follow me.
"Does that mean you're going to fight the True Universe along with the Guanxuan Universe?"
The mysterious voice thought for a long while before she said, “It's complicated, and I don’t know how to explain it to you. Regardless, I have no ill intentions toward you or toward the Guanxuan Universe. There's another reason I've been following you.”
Ye Guan nodded and went quiet.
He knew that the mysterious voice wouldn't harm him. Otherwise, his father wouldn't have allowed her to follow him. After all, no father in this world could stomach potentially bringing harm to their child.
In addition, the mysterious senior had helped him a lot during his previous dilemmas and hardships. Still, Ye Guan couldn't help but become even more curious about her identity.
However, one thing was for sure. The fact that she had managed to sleep with the True God meant that she was an extraordinary individual.
Just then, the Adjudication Sword Master was sent flying away from the Boundless Spacetime. Ba Wan suffered the same fate upon taking the brunt of the Adjudication Sword Master's sword force. She was blasted at least a few kilometers away.
When Ba Wan recovered, she didn't make another move. She stepped onto the boundless patch of spacetime, and the Adjudication Sword Master did the same.
"I don't want to fight you," Ba Wan said.
The Adjudication Sword Master pointed at Ye Guan down below. “I have to kill him.”
Ba Wan stared deeply at the Adjudication Sword Master and said, “No.”
With that, she slowly balled her hands into fists.
The Adjudication Sword Master pointed at her neck. If one were to look closely, one would be able to see a scar on her neck.
“Do you remember this scar?" the Adjudication Sword Master asked, "An outsider almost killed you back then in Stone Village. I protected you by blocking the outsider's sword for you. My head almost went flying, so don't you dare say that you don't remember it."
Ba Wan was quiet.
The Adjudication Sword Master continued. “During the battle at Demon City, a powerful demonic beast injured you severely. I carried you on my back for three days and three nights back to Stone Village.
"The injuries I had suffered throughout the journey forced me to lie in bed for three whole months. I almost died at the time. Do you still remember it?"
Ba Wan didn't say anything in response
The Adjudication Sword Master walked up to her and said, "Do you still remember how you got surrounded by twenty Peak Great Sovereigns of the Heaven Seizing Clan? I had to kill my way into the Heaven Seizing Clan just to rescue you.
"I had to ignite my fleshly body, and my soul sustained severe injuries to the extent that I went into a coma that lasted for a hundred years. Do you still remember it?"
Ba Wan's fists relaxed, and she nodded profusely. "Yes! I remember them all!”
The Adjudication Sword Master finally arrived right in front of Ba Wan. She stared sternly at her and said, "I'm willing to sacrifice my life for you, but you chose to attack me for a man? Good, good, good. Very good! Come on, then! Kill me!"
She waved her sleeve, and her Adjudication Sword hovered in front of Ba Wan.
"Kill me! I won’t fight back!” she roared.
Ba Wan stared deeply at the Adjudication Sword Master.
After a while, Ba Wan took the Adjudication Sword and examined it. Eventually, she chuckled and said, “Cijing, I’ve never forgotten what you've done for me. You're the person whom I feel the closest to in my heart. I still remember how you always let me eat first back when we were still in Stone Village…”
Ba Wan looked up at the sky and continued softly. “We sure did live a tough life back then, but I enjoyed every single second of it. It is truly a shame that we can never go back to Stone Village.”
Ba Wan raised the Adjudication Sword and stabbed herself in the chest.
Shwik!
“Ba Wan!” Ye Guan’s eyes shot wide open. He immediately rushed over to her, but she flicked her sleeve toward Ye Guan, sending a terrifying wave of energy that prevented Ye Guan from getting closer to her.
Ba Wan stared at the horrified Ye Guan and smiled wryly. “It was my first time liking someone, and I'm really happy that we met. I’m sorry, I can’t fight the True Universe with you because it is the home of my loved ones.
"I can’t help them fight you either because you’re my beloved…”
Ba Wan collapsed to the ground and muttered, “I really want to eat your home-cooked meals—”
The Adjudication Sword fell to the ground. Immediately afterward, Ba Wan's fleshly body and soul turned into innumerable light particles that soon disappeared completely.
1. More information about True Selflessness can be found on CH 234 ☜
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