Chapter 491: Chapter 480: My Disciple Spirit Jade Has the Stature of a Great Emperor
Snowstep was seized, and Lin Yun managed to extricate himself from the encirclement.
While being surrounded felt rather nice, it clearly was dancing on the edge of a knife, a single careless move might have resulted in a stab.
Yet, this was also a decent attempt. One’s limits are often breached step by step; this time they could hug together, next time... maybe...
Cough cough, at a life-and-death moment, it didn’t seem quite appropriate to think about these things.
According to Spider Woman, Lin Yun had only seven days to live. However, Lin Yun had acted as if the poison was already gone, which is why Lin Yu and the others were no longer worried.
Lin Yun had created too many outrageous incidents before, so it was also possible that the supposedly incurable poison was ineffective against him.
Nevertheless, Dongfang Hongyue eventually sought confirmation from Lin Yun one more time.
"Is your poison really neutralized?"
"I can’t say it’s completely neutralized, only that it seems to be ineffective against me. Once it entered my body, it was burnt clean."
Lin Yun spoke as if it were true, when in actuality, the moment that power entered his body, it merged into his meridians.
Just as it had been with the Demonic Qi previously, Lin Yun was in a situation where the healer couldn’t heal himself. Had someone else been poisoned, maybe his fire, Spiritual Liquid, or even his blood, could have circulated through them and possibly cured them. However, when it came to himself, currently, he could only suppress it within his meridians.
There was no immediate threat to his life. Those toxins wanted to follow his meridians to reach his heart, but there was a force guarding Lin Yun’s heart.
This was the first time Lin Yun discovered something unusual about his heart. He had tried to sense it with concentrated spirit before but noticed nothing unusual. Nevertheless, he speculated that his blood had various miraculous functions, so how could his heart, where the blood converged, be so ordinary?
What looked normal was in fact the greatest abnormality.
This time the poison from the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider stimulated the remarkable aspects, which confirmed the potency of its venom.
The poison was like a maggot in one’s bones. Lin Yun’s powers couldn’t expel it, and while it wouldn’t kill him for the time being, having such a thing inside his body was a constant major concern.
What if the protective force around his heart also had its limits?
Therefore, the poison needed to be resolved sooner rather than later. It would be more reassuring to have it dealt with.
Lin Yun still intended to find the Oblivion Gu Worm; after all, it was the only answer at this stage. But he didn’t plan to take Lin Yu with him, nor did he want others to worry, which is why he acted as if nothing was amiss.
The Heavenly Book had stated that he would die due to divine wrath, so how could he perish to spider venom? Lin Yun was ninety percent confident about this.
Seeing that Lin Yun did not appear to be lying, Dongfang Hongyue finally set her mind at ease.
"After tonight, the power dynamics in the Central Plains might change again."
Dongfang Hongyue voiced her concerns. The spark of all these events was Lin Yun, but nobody had expected that their mere rescue mission would attract such a massive tail, almost everyone from the Cultivation World had come. Only the Taiqing Daoist Temple maintained its previous mindset of quietude and non-action, thus not following along.
Previously, Fang Yu had demonstrated her protection of Lin Yun. After those people returned, they would surely use this incident to condemn Fang Yu.
Aside from the troubles from the Righteous Path, there were also difficulties with the Demonic Path.
Dongfang Hongyue had also overheard the conversation between Zhang Biyu and Liu Ji. While confronting Yue Ningshuang, she didn’t feel much pressure and could maintain awareness of everything around her.
Zhang Biyu and Liu Ji’s discussion, she heard without issue, but upon careful thought, she realized something was off about Zhang Biyu.
The White Lotus Sect’s ultimate goal was to start a revolution and create a utopian world of equality. It wasn’t possible to successfully establish such an idealized world at this stage; in essence, the White Lotus Sect was selling pie in the sky. But even if they were peddling dreams, they should be working towards that direction.
The first thing that needed to be done was to unify the country.
When Dongfang Hongyue made her move just now, if she had taken advantage of the situation to help and wiped out the Righteous Path as well, not to mention killing all of them, at least crippling them, that would have solved one problem. Then, by fighting a decisive battle with Shenxiao Sect afterward, this would have been the fastest way to unify.
Moreover, the threat of the Demon Race was right before their eyes, and the best way to reduce the internal strife within the Central Plains was to unify as soon as possible.
Whether it was for doctrinal reasons or for the sake of the bigger picture, Zhang Biyu should have been pushing for unification.
But she did the opposite.
On the surface, her reasons seemed plausible, for now, Shenxiao Sect was too dominant, and their Demon Sect might not be a match for them. They needed the alliance of The Five Righteous Sects to weaken Shenxiao Sect’s strength.
The idea of the second-in-command uniting with the third to challenge the top dog seemed reasonable. But who was Dongfang Hongyue? She was such a cautious Demon Lord that she would worry about assassination even when taking a walk. Given the slightest doubt, she would always assume the worst.
At this point, the hypothetical principle could be applied.
Let’s assume that Zhang Biyu indeed had a problem; then, what would her goal be?
"Could it be... is she really an insider from the Demon Sect?"
Dongfang Hongyue pondered this alone while at the same time, Fang Yu voiced her own thoughts.
"I think we should make Lingyu the Empress."
Upon hearing this, both Lin Yu and Dongfang Hongyue looked at Fang Yu with puzzled expressions.
Even Lin Yun was a bit surprised.
Weren’t we discussing how to make me the Emperor? Good grief, do we have a traitor among us?
Under the doubtful gaze of the three, Fang Yu seriously said, "Lingyu has been accepted by the Nine States Cauldron, and she is a descendant of the Imperial Zhao Clan. Perhaps she is the destined Empress. Although her abilities are not yet profound, by listening to her words, observing her actions, and understanding her ambition, this woman has the makings of a Great Empress."
Fang Yu knew that expressing an opinion different from others at this time could lead to misunderstandings. After she finished speaking, she looked worriedly at Lin Yun.
More than the misunderstandings of the other two, she feared seeing doubt and anger in Lin Yun’s eyes.
However, she did not find these things in Lin Yun’s eyes.
Although Lin Yun was a bit puzzled at first, he did not get angry.
Seeing Fang Yu’s worried eyes, Lin Yun instead began to comfort her.
"Actually, what you said isn’t wrong, but you might want to listen to the reasons why I want to become the Emperor. It’s a long story..."
Among those here, only Fang Yu was unaware of the situation of the Four Kings’ battle and the succession of the Four Kings and The Emperor.
Although Lin Yun tried to be as brief as possible, it still took him a long time to explain everything to Fang Yu.
"...Currently, I have already obtained the Sea-King’s Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Northern Spear King’s spear, and King Pingxi’s sword. The Qifeng Branch or the Vermilion Bird Feather Fan from the King of Zhennan are also within easy reach. According to the prophecy of the Book Immortal, it is not me who is supposed to be the Emperor. The true Empress will inherit my relics and then become the Empress."
Based on what the Book Immortal had said at the time, Lin Yun felt that Lin Yu was most likely the one.
But now, after hearing what Fang Yu said, could Zhao Lingyu also be a possibility?
Hey, wait a minute, my relationship with the Princess is purely innocent!
