Chapter 508: Chapter 16 Wang Wanqiu’s Awakening
Compared to her own experiences, Wang Wanqiu was more interested in Lin Yu’s.
However, she didn’t dare to linger in one place for long and had no choice but to pull Lin Yun and themselves toward the next location.
Once out of the Divine Temple’s range, it was likely to be safe. To be on the safe side, Lin Yun quietly set up a layer of mist to block Divine Sense detection. Only a power equal to or greater than the Great Mist could penetrate this veil.
If the opponent truly possessed such power, then it wouldn’t matter whether Lin Yun deployed the mist or not.
But to stay still in one place, it wouldn’t take a fool to eventually notice something was amiss.
Lin Yu hadn’t yet acquired the secret technique, so naturally, she wanted to be cautious.
It was like they were merely strolling as Lin Yu started to recount her recent experiences.
Lin Yun silently followed behind, watching Lin Yu and Wang Wanqiu converse, perfectly the image of a man accompanying his girlfriend and her best friend on a shopping trip.
It wasn’t appropriate to walk hand in hand as before, so he could only follow behind them.
As Lin Yu shared her experiences with Wang Wanqiu, she omitted how Lin Yun had cured her and how she had fallen for him. She only mentioned that she had regained her strength, her Cultivation Level had leapt several tiers, and her comprehension of the Sword Dao had deepened significantly.
Then she told of joining the Shenxiao Sect and the legendary journey from cutting through the south to the north.
Lin Yun, who had been listening out of boredom, suddenly realized that, with Lin Yu as the main character, her story was also quite fascinating.
Finally, Lin Yu brought up Lin Yun being poisoned and their search for the Oblivion Gu Worm.
After that, Wang Wanqiu knew the rest of the story.
Thinking about it, if Lin Yun hadn’t been poisoned, who knows how much longer it would have been before they could meet again.
All this seemed to be arranged by fate.
"Wan Qiu, once things are settled here, you should come back to Shenxiao Sect with me. And remember, never go to places with a lot of water," Lin Yu instructed.
Lin Yu hadn’t forgotten Wang Wanqiu’s fate—she was destined to die in a flood.
The Book Immortal’s prediction had given Lin Yu some confidence.
Lin Yun was fated to die of divine wrath, Wang Wanqiu of a flood.
Knowing their causes of death alleviated their fear of dying in the Southern Border.
The Southern Border had mountains and water, but no massive floods, and the gods there didn’t seem very powerful.
This, in turn, seemed to indirectly confirm that their journey should be successful.
Wang Wanqiu nodded, and Lin Yu continued discussing her plans.
"According to what you’ve said, there’s no secret technique in any place you can access. Perhaps, it exists only in places you can’t reach and in the High Priest’s mind. Lin Yun and I will find an opportunity to investigate those places. If we can’t find it, we will take action," Lin Yu said resolutely.
"No matter what, I will think of a way to save you," Lin Yu declared firmly.
Wang Wanqiu continued to nod, but she wasn’t hopeful.
Lin Yu’s power had grown tremendously, and with a Divine Artifact in hand, she had made a resounding name for herself in the Central Plains.
These were things that she had not witnessed, and the thought brought a tinge of regret for not having seen her master’s invincible valor.
As for Lin Yu obtaining the secret technique from the High Priest, Wang Wanqiu had no confidence.
If the secret technique could be stolen, then there might be a chance, but for such an important matter, one could tell just by thinking about it, the High Priest would definitely not leave it lying around; memorizing it was the safest option.
Though Lin Yu was strong, capturing someone of the same realm and forcing them to comply was quite difficult.
Not to mention Lin Yun’s poison...
In fact, from the moment she learned about the effects of the Oblivion Gu Worm, Wang Wanqiu had made up her mind—she would offer her heart up and cure Lin Yun of the poison.
Unexpectedly, before she could steal the Oblivion Gu Worm, she herself was captured and mistaken for a witch. If it hadn’t been for her Cultivation Level reaching the Heart Guarding Realm, and her incredibly firm resolve, she nearly became a puppet.
This time, Lin Yun had been poisoned by the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider—a poison she had never even heard of.
My goodness, Lin Yun really was plagued with bad luck, wasn’t he? Either falling victim to a strange Gu worm or some exotic poison—was it that without a catalogue of rare diseases, his uniqueness couldn’t be shown?
Wang Wanqiu ranted like mad in her mind, but she hadn’t changed her mind about offering up her heart to activate the Oblivion Gu Worm.
Since she was a person fated to die, there was no need to waste her energy on this verbal issue.
Saying nothing for this period had no real effect, and besides, it only hurt in the beginning and then stopped.
Wang Wanqiu’s mindset was excellent; she faced death with equanimity and treated her own suffering with indifference.
But she also knew her mentor’s personality and thought that even if she were to sacrifice herself for Lin Yun, her mentor would neither let her play this role nor stand by and watch Lin Yun die from poison.
The most likely outcome was that she would give up her own heart, allowing Lin Yun to survive and herself as well.
Previously, when Lin Yu had been poisoned by the Dragon Gu Worm and she, as a disciple, couldn’t help at all, this time, to sacrifice herself in Lin Yu’s stead for Lin Yun, could also count as her saving her mentor once, right?
Wang Wanqiu didn’t bring it up now to avoid being rejected by Lin Yu; when she’d stolen the Oblivion Gu Worm, she would just adapt to the circumstances then!
At this moment, the three of them each had their thoughts; Lin Yu was considering solutions, Wang Wanqiu was thinking about how to allow Lin Yu and Lin Yun to live happily, thinking it was fine if she was the only one getting hurt.
As for Lin Yun, he was wondering if the High Priest under those robes was an old lady or a little lolita.
If it was Wu Xin, now indeed was the time to strike her down while she was ill.
Otherwise, with Yuxuan dead, wouldn’t Wu Xin be invincible the next time she appeared?
Hopefully, the High Priest would lose restraint and quickly eat the heart, solving all the problems.
It just so happened that they needed someone to offer up a heart; after turning her into a slave and properly brainwashing her, making her obediently offer up her heart would be perfect.
In Lin Yun’s plan, it was a world where no one would get hurt.
After all, the High Priest isn’t a person, right?
At this moment, the High Priest still didn’t know she had already been so deeply schemed against by Lin Yun. She held her altar and proceeded to the back of the Divine Temple, which was the forbidden area Wan Qiu had mentioned.
The forbidden area was an Underground Palace, where entry was denied to anyone other than the High Priest, including witches. Many dangerous traps lay outside the Underground Palace; only the High Priest held the keys to come and go.
After passing through numerous checkpoints, the High Priest finally arrived deep within the Underground Palace.
She stood before a stone door and removed her black and white robes.
Underneath the black and white robes was a petite and exquisite figure. The people of the Southern Border didn’t know that their High Priest was actually a little girl standing just one meter forty.
But, Lin Yun had guessed wrong; the young girl underneath the robes was not Wu Xin.
In front of the stone door, the High Priest respectfully said, "My lord, I have found something good for healing your wounds..."
