Free Web NovelChapter 1493: Chapter 153: Knowledge Brings Easier Suffering
What did I see?
Jiang Wang recalled that sensation of ignorance and unconsciousness, remembered that overwhelming feeling of solitude, the directionless journey... In the end, he simply said calmly: "Apart from the feeling of my spirit gradually dissipating, I felt nothing else."
No sensation, naturally, means no recognition.
All five senses void, naturally one sees nothing.
Yu Beidou was silent for a moment and then said, "Regarding this matter, I still must apologize to you. Although killing you was to save you, the act of leaping out of the river of destiny itself holds unavoidable risks. Especially since I too must die for a period, unable to guard you..."
"Speaking of the river of destiny, your entire life flows within the river. Once you leave, you lose everything built up in this life, including instincts like sight, smell, hearing... The body is like a bird with broken wings, the heart like a fish out of water..."
Yu Beidou raised his eyes and asked, "That feeling, was it terrifying?"
"Who in life and death can be without fear?" Jiang Wang’s tone was very calm. "Among all beings, I am only one."
Yu Beidou suddenly laughed: "Not seeing is good, seeing nothing is indeed a good thing."
He shook his head with a sigh. "Knowing too much is often the root cause of pain."
From his tone, that short experience of leaving the river of destiny seemed to have more points of difficulty. But as Jiang Wang looked back, there was only a period of ignorance and isolation, a section of pain as his spirit gradually peeled away.
Indeed, he did not "see" anything.
About helping him avoid Yan Chunhui’s sword.
Yu Beidou spoke easily, and it was not difficult to understand.
Yet to let someone briefly leap out of the river of destiny and then return... Such skills could truly be regarded as miraculous.
Not something a typical True Man could manage.
At the moment that palm pressed down, Jiang Wang was indeed both shocked and angry, not knowing why Yu Beidou suddenly attacked, deeply feeling deceived... But at that time, all emotions together with his life force were extinguished by that palm.
Before a True Man of the Age, he had no room for resistance.
After "waking," along with the return of his senses, naturally came anger.
But facing Yu Beidou, a terrifyingly powerful True Man of this era, Jiang Wang did not want to seek his own death, so he endured it.
Now, hearing Yu Beidou’s explanation that he had no malice, did not intend harm, he couldn’t help but ask: "Since the True Man said he couldn’t withstand Yan Chunhui’s sword, why do I see you unharmed? Was it that you, True Man, accompanied me in jumping out of the river of destiny just now?"
Yu Beidou looked at him for a while, then laughed: "Do you really think that a brief leap out of the river of destiny can completely hide from a Yandao True Monarch’s gaze? It’s just that Yan Chunhui’s attention was entirely on the Blood Demon and me, not thoroughly probing your state, nor caring about your life and death, letting your ’death’ come to be. If I had jumped out of the river of destiny with you, we would have died together on its banks. Do you know what the riverbank of the river of destiny looks like?"
Jiang Wang naturally did not know, so he could only shake his head.
"It’s best not to know. As for why I appear unhurt..." Yu Beidou still wore a smile: "You helped me with something, do you not remember?"
"Life Blood?" Jiang Wang’s thoughts quickly grasped a key and asked, "The life blood buried at the repulsive point wasn’t from the Blood Demon but rather was the True Man’s key to rebirth?"
"Not so." Yu Beidou said, "If that batch of life blood wasn’t separated by the Blood Demon, how could it deceive a Diviner? My disciple nephew, while not as skilled as me, is deeply proficient in divination, not easily fooled."
Jiang Wang said faintly, "Only I am easy to deceive, right?"
The bit of resentment in his words seemed to go unheard by Yu Beidou, who simply carried on: "The Blood Demon originates anciently, embodying the Love Dying Desire Blood Demon Skill in this world. To trace its roots is too difficult; to completely destroy it is beyond my capability. Yan Chunhui stands Beyond the Peak, his flying sword the strongest of the age, crushing the divine-blood body to forge that sword, which I cannot withstand. But fortunately, two things happened simultaneously."
"While suppressing the Blood Demon, I also entangled with it. Being prepared, using the Blood Demon as a shield. Yan Chunhui’s sword came, killing the Blood Demon first, then me. To Yan Chunhui, all within one sword, no difference... But for me, it was different."
"The Blood Demon is struck down, and its life blood loses its master. I had long hidden a soul mark within, which you placed at the repulsive point of the Innate Chaos Array, triggering my plans. On one side, my flesh body is destroyed; on the other, I extract power from the Innate Chaos Array, utilizing the life blood for rebirth."
"So..." Jiang Wang was astonished: "Everything that happened in Broken Soul Gorge was within your divination?"
"Who can account for everything?" Yu Beidou said humbly, perhaps out of guilt: "Because I had too many demands from the Innate Chaos Array, inevitable cracks emerged, allowing the Diviner an opportunity, guiding four Human Demons together, putting you in a life-and-death crisis. Yet, precisely because you fought one against four and overcame, did you leap out of this trap, granting me a key step."
"I was that important?"
"You are certainly very important!" Yu Beidou encouraged him warmly: "Never underestimate yourself at any time. You are outstanding!"
"And then what?" Jiang Wang asked. freēwebnovel.com
Yu Beidou said, "Then I’m very grateful to you."
The old Prime Minister banged his chest, making a loud sound: "Great kindness speaks no thanks, I remember it in my heart!"
Jiang Wang was expressionless: "...Oh."
Yu Beidou laughed heartily, having teased enough, then solemnly asked: "What reward do you want?"
This is the reward from a True Man of the Age!
This old man casually sitting in front of Jiang Wang was the highest achiever of the ancient Life Prediction Technique in this era, capable of suppressing a Blood Demon and a Diviner at the same time, even facing True Monarch Yan Chunhui... and having the ability to interfere with the river of destiny.
Absolutely one of the strongest True Men in the present world.
What kind of benefit could he offer? How generous would his reward be?
Jiang Wang was no longer the unknowing country boy; he had gone in and out of the national treasury of Qi Country. With his current insight, he instantly thought of many things.
Yu Beidou could offer so many benefits, enough to dazzle any cultivator below God Arrives.
He, being at the Inner Mansion Realm, even if first in history, had no reason to refuse.
But ultimately Jiang Wang only said, "Although I paid a Knife Coin for an amulet, your amulet truly helped me block the Blood Divination. This time you placed me in crisis but also brought me back. Both of these matters are not quite equal trade, but to me, they are balanced. You only need to give me the agreed compensation."
He wanted only what was due to him, nothing more, nothing less.
Beyond that, he did not want any ties with Yu Beidou.
He disliked this feeling of being led by the nose, no matter how many reasons Yu Beidou might have. This kind of headless, thoughtless "collaboration," once was already enough.
His life as Jiang Wang would not be entrusted to anyone. Yu Beidou could be godlike in his calculations, but he would not become a pawn. No amount of benefits could change that.
Yu Beidou naturally heard this distance.
But his face showed no displeasure, instead, he laughed joyfully: "Good, good. Getting involved with me isn’t any good. Jiang Qingyang, you are a wise man!"
"Here’s the Dao Yuan Stone I promised you..."
He reached into his bosom, rummaged for a long time, then paused there.
But soon he laughed without the slightest embarrassment: "Hahaha."
Very naturally, he took out his hand and patted Jiang Wang’s shoulder: "Can it wait two days?"
"What kind of look is that?"
"Do you think I, Yu Beidou, would default on a debt? Am I that kind of person?!"
The entire cave echoed with Yu Beidou’s roar.
"What fraud? Insolent boy!"
"It’s not like I’m not giving it, what’s a few days late? Completely unwise! Truly, an uncarvable piece of rotten wood!"
"Am I a person short on money? My storage box and that flesh body were just shattered!"
"What’s with a promissory note?! We transcendients don’t write promissory notes?!"
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