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Chapter 1832: Chapter 738: Shao Hua: It Is a Tragedy to Be His Contemporary

Even... she knew Qiu Tu was already being restrained in his words.

From Qiu Tu’s serious expression, she had actually guessed another darker possibility: she was indeed a child with great talent chosen by the Southern God King. But she... might not actually be an orphan.

And in order to obtain her, the Southern God King took her away from her parents, even... directly killed her parents.

Perhaps holding onto one last bit of fantasy, Shao Hua remained silent for a moment, then slowly uttered three words, "What is the reason?"

Qiu Tu had already speculated over this matter in his heart for multiple rounds when this conjecture was conceived.

So he calmly said, "For... Zhao Ji. Or rather, the former Xi Yue."

As he spoke, Qiu Tu recounted how he figured out the identity of White Robe back then, guessed that White Robe’s target was Zhao Ji, and also listed the three identities under which White Robe interacted with him. (Chapter 694)

At the end, Qiu Tu also said with a serious face, "So... the Southern God King’s target from the very beginning was only one, which is Zhao Ji."

"And when he discovered that Zhao Ji might reincarnate in the next hundred years, he came up with a ’shell game’ plan."

"He may have visited many places, looked at many children, and ultimately chose you, recognized you as his niece, and meticulously nurtured you."

"The purpose is for you to reach the eighth rank, control his Heavenly God-level clone, and help him guard the ’Southern Kingdom’, creating the illusion that he is still around."

"In doing so, he would have sufficient time to accomplish his own affairs."

Hearing Qiu Tu’s words, Shao Hua remained silent for over ten seconds.

Obviously, this truth had a significant impact on her. It left her momentarily unable to recover.

Especially upon realizing that those twenty or thirty years of her life were a complete ruse, and she was merely a tool for someone else’s purpose, making it even harder for her to accept.

After a while, she forced herself back to stability, then looked towards Qiu Tu and asked,

"Then what exactly does he want to do to Zhao Ji?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu shrugged and said, "I don’t know."

"Don’t know?" Shao Hua clearly didn’t quite believe Qiu Tu’s explanation.

Qiu Tu, however, said, "I have asked him this question too. But he did not answer directly."

"He only said that I could trust him, that he and I, he and Zhao Ji, would be friends, not enemies." (Chapter 693)

Qiu Tu paused for a moment, then added, "And I... am mostly inclined to believe this attitude."

"Because, a long time ago, when Zhao Ji and I were still weak, he was already by our side."

"But he never did anything to harm us."

Seeing Shao Hua’s furrowed brow, Qiu Tu then said, "If I had to describe it, he seems more like an observer."

"He seemed to have deliberately come to Zhao Ji’s side to observe Zhao Ji’s growth in this life."

Shao Hua let out a light "hmph", full of disbelief, "He reincarnated and even split off a clone to lurk by Zhao Ji’s side for twenty to thirty years just to observe?"

"Then he must really be idle."

Hearing Shao Hua’s words, Qiu Tu then said, "Indeed, it is a bit idle."

Qiu Tu’s gaze turned a bit profound, "However, apart from this possibility, there really is no other possibility."

"Especially... now he has disappeared without a trace."

Qiu Tu clenched his hand, placed it in front of Shao Hua, and then suddenly opened it, "Just like that, vanished into thin air."

"The entire ’Boundless Heart Sea’ cannot find him."

"No one knows where he went, and no one knows how he left this world."

"This state seems particularly like his observation of Zhao Ji has already concluded, as if the mission has ended."

The sheer volume of information Qiu Tu conveyed today was overwhelming, so much so that Shao Hua’s head felt a bit swollen.

So she waved her hand, not wanting to continue the conversation, "Forget it. Just pretend Uncle is ill."

"No profit, no reason, just inexplicably going to observe a woman..."

Hearing Shao Hua’s words, Qiu Tu’s face remained unchanged, but his heart slightly shook,

’Not necessarily without any profit... perhaps someone offered a price he couldn’t refuse, prompting him to do this?’

Thinking this, an image of the ’Crystal Dice’ involuntarily flashed through Qiu Tu’s mind.

’For example... Zhao Ji’s close friend, the "Chaos Witch"?’

Though unclear on what happened between Zhao Ji and the ’Chaos Witch’ back then,

their relationship surely went through a very intimate phase.

A few hundred years ago, the ’Chaos Witch’ was already a high-order Divine King. With her status as a giant in the ’Chaos Camp’, placing a Heavenly God by Zhao Ji’s side to observe... or perhaps to guard, seems rather reasonable too, doesn’t it?

This also explains why back when Larilo, Zhao Ji, and I were close, White Robe would favor me so much.

It further explains why at certain critical moments, White Robe would step forward to offer some assistance to Zhao Ji and me.

However, even though I guessed at this possibility, Qiu Tu still harbors many doubts in his heart.

For instance... was it really the case that ’Chaos Witch’ and ’White Robe’ were only there to observe and guard Zhao Ji?

Did they have no other objectives?

For instance... back then, I assumed that White Robe chose to observe Larilo because Zhao Ji was too strong.

But was that really the truth?

And also... I distinctly remember White Robe being a Catastrophe being of the ’Mysterious Path’. Their conduct wasn’t chaotic either.

So why would they heed the ’Chaos Witch’s’ orders?