Chapter 2476: Chapter 95: Though the World Is Like Chess, Never Assume Others Are Merely Pieces
"Yes. Wu Bingyi couldn’t possibly be acting with him, and Bodhi Evil Ancestor is even less likely." Ruan Qin, with a youthful brow, showed a hint of worry: "Although there are quite a few doubts, they can all be explained. Let’s see what the Political Affairs Hall discovers, and wait for the examination results from the Palace of the Palace. Maybe we pressured him too much..."
Because he was under the control of Qi Country, Huo Shiji was eager to groom the next True Monarch, so he tacitly approved of Xu Mingsong’s manipulation of the Saint Water incident and spying on the Yan Dao path. After Xu Mingsong went too far, Huo Shiji decided to suppress it himself... This is a reasonable storyline.
Jiang Wang was momentarily speechless.
Ruan Qin sighed again: "Marquis Wu’an, this matter serves as a reminder to me, and you should remember—’Though life is like a game of chess, never think of others as mere pieces.’"
Jiang Wang sincerely said, "I will keep it in mind."
"Go ahead." Ruan Qin, suspended high in the sky, gently stirred the star map, parting the floating clouds: "Below is Ask Sword Gorge, I won’t accompany you to receive them."
However, Jiang Wang did not immediately leave, instead he said, "I still have some questions about the peculiarities of the Yan Dao you mentioned earlier."
Ruan Qin said, "Let’s hear them."
Jiang Wang, while recalling, explained, "I once entered the Seven Stars Secret Realm when it was open in Daze County, and explored a world called Floating Land. In the underground caverns of that world, I encountered something similar to the peculiarities of the Yan Dao, but they truly were a kind of ’beast.’ In the Floating Land World, there’s also a saying, ’Those who fall from the Celestial Sky become Star Generals, and those who rise from the Dark Heaven become Star Beasts.’ Star Generals refer to people like me who entered that world, and Star Beasts refer to those creatures in the caverns... The external appearance can be anything, but they’re covered with star-like dots. Those star dots were very similar to the peculiarities of the Yan Dao that I saw, I couldn’t tell them apart. However, most of those Star Beasts were very weak, the more star dots they had, the stronger they were. Do you know anything about this place?"
"What is the Celestial Sky? And what is the Dark Heaven?" Ruan Qin asked.
Jiang Wang replied, "The Celestial Sky is the sky, the sky of that world, with only the Heavenly Pivot Star illuminating, its brightness changes to alternate day and night. The Dark Heaven is actually underground, at the bottom of the caverns, where nothing can be seen, it’s all dark and desolate, if a person or anything else falls in, they would be dissolved completely. Only the Star Beasts float within it."
Ruan Qin spoke with interest, "About that Floating Land world you mentioned, who else entered it at the time?"
Jiang Wang answered, "I don’t know how many entered, but those who came out include Miss Li from the Crushing City Marquis Mansion, Yangxin Palace Master Jiang Wuji, Lei Zhanqian of the Lei clan, and a first-class deacon from the Four Seas Business Alliance named Fang Chong. I didn’t recognize the rest."
"I hadn’t paid attention to these things, so even the Yangxin Palace Master went?"
"Yes, at that time we faced Lei Zhanqian, it was quite overwhelming."
Ruan Qin smiled but did not continue talking about Jiang Wuji, instead asking, "Do you know where that Floating Land world is, is there a corresponding star map? If there’s a chance, I’d like to take a look."
Jiang Wang smiled bitterly, "At that time I wasn’t even in the Inner Mansion Realm, how would I know of any star map? I was completely wandering around with the power of the Secret Realm of the Seven Star Tower. The Seven Stars Secret Realm connects to different worlds each time..."
Ruan Qin pondered for a moment, turned his hand to produce a Knife Coin, and handed it to Jiang Wang: "Regarding what you’ve told me, I have some guesses, but I can’t confirm them. Keep this Knife Coin, if you have a chance to go there again, you can contact me."
Jiang Wang numbly accepted the Knife Coin and asked, "Is that place very terrifying?"
"Whether it’s terrifying or not isn’t certain. However, it may be a grave world... But why civilization still persists there, I haven’t seen with my own eyes, so I can’t know."
"A grave world?" Jiang Wang was puzzled.
"Have you heard of the All-world desolate graves?"
"I know a little..."
"That is the largest grave world!"
