210: Chapter 210 You must be lying to me

At this moment.

There was no expression on her face.

Neither sorrow nor joy, she was as calm as a lifeless jade statue.

"Sister Jiang!"

Seeing that the newcomer was Jiang Luoli, Su Daji felt as if she had caught a lifeline.

After all, she knew.

That many plans had been devised by Su Chen and Jiang Luoli together.

Since she didn't know Su Chen's whereabouts, this Queen would surely know.

She stumbled over and grabbed Jiang Li's cold wrist, speaking incoherently.

"Sister Jiang, you're here! That's wonderful!"

"You must know where the King is, right?"

"This secret passage... is there another exit?"

"Has the King already left through another way?"

Seeing that Jiang Luoli remained expressionless and silent.

Su Daji's questioning grew weaker and weaker.

She seemed to have guessed something already.

Yet, she still sobbed softly, gently shaking Queen Jiang's arm.

And Queen Jiang was not annoyed.

Like a doll, she allowed Su Daji to shake her.

"Tell me quickly..."

"Tell me..."

Queen Jiang just watched Su Daji quietly.

She watched the hope and fear intertwined on that beautiful face.

Then, she spoke slowly.

"Sister Su, do not be in a hurry."

"Try circulating the cultivation technique within your body."

Su Daji was stunned, not understanding why she didn't mention Su Chen's whereabouts but suddenly brought this up instead.

To tell the truth.

Ever since her battle with Li Yingran.

Due to the backfiring of her cultivation, she had hardly used her powers.

But her mind was currently in a state of chaos.

Subconsciously, she followed the instruction and looked inward.

She tried to mobilize the spiritual energy of the Supreme Forgetting Joy and Union Canon, which had been chaotic and backfiring ever since she was heavily injured in Wenli.

With this attempt, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

Her entire body froze on the spot.

The violent spiritual energy that had previously run wild in her meridians like a runaway horse, bringing her endless pain.

Now... it was flowing through her meridians as gently as a stream.

Not only did the spiritual energy circulate freely without any obstruction.

Its vastness and purity far exceeded any moment in her memory.

That power was grand and profound.

It surged endlessly within her body.

Wherever it passed, her previously damaged meridians were quietly nourished and repaired.

Forget about the powerful spiritual energy within the meridians.

Even the meridians themselves.

Their current strength was already countless times what it had been in the past.

She even had an illusion.

That with just a single thought.

This power could easily shake the mountains and rivers, and turn the world upside down.

"This... what is going on?"

Having reached this level, how could Su Daji, as a Demon Consort, not know the reason?

She suddenly looked up and stared at Queen Jiang in disbelief.

Her voice trembled as she spoke.

"What... is going on?"

"My cultivation... my technique..."

"How could this be..."

"The technique you cultivate is the Supreme Forgetting Joy and Union Canon."

Queen Jiang finally shifted her gaze from Su Daji's face to the increasingly fierce flames in the distance.

She spoke in a calm, narrative tone.

"Legend has it that this technique was created by the Nine-Tailed Fox clan in ancient times."

"Later, it was obtained by members of the Hehuan Sect."

"However... for all these years, no one has ever truly cultivated this technique to great completion."

"This caused people to not only slowly forget the horror of this technique when perfected."

"But it also caused the extremely harsh conditions for reaching great completion to become rarely known."

"To cultivate this technique to perfection."

"To master supreme power and escape all backlashes and restrictions."

"The necessary condition is—"

She paused.

Slowly, she delivered the final judgment for Su Daji.

"The person one loves most in their life must be willing to die heroically before them as a blood sacrifice of heart and soul."

"And... they must die by the hand of the one they love."

"Su Chen, your King, your husband."

"And of course, my husband as well."

Jiang Li slowly turned her head and looked at Su Daji once more.

A trace of sadness flickered in those calm eyes.

And.

Compassion.

The sadness was for Su Chen's death.

While the compassion was because, according to the script Su Chen had set—which she had modified.

The Su Daji before her.

Would be the one to bear all this unimaginable pain alone.

"He used himself as bait to lure the Xiqi masters into a dead end."

"He had you personally ignite the fire to bury him along with them."

"He used his life and his final infamy as a 'tyrant' to fulfill your path of righteousness and wash away the 'rebellion' of the Zhaoge soldiers and civilians."

"Since you personally lit the fire and caused him to perish in the Star-Plucking Tower, it naturally counts as you ending his life with your own hands."

"Using his imperial heart, soul, and life as a sacrifice..."

"He helped you push this supreme secret manual of the Hehuan Sect to an unprecedented realm."

"Furthermore... he is not only your lover but also the Human Emperor of the mortal realm."

"Such a powerful 'catalyst' might push your strength to a level even more terrifying than those ancient Celestial Foxes."

"From beginning to end."

"This was the game he set up for you and for those who were still willing to follow him."

"A... dead end he never intended to walk out of."

"No... impossible!"

"...You're lying to me, you must be lying to me!"

The color instantly drained from Su Daji's beautiful face.

She suddenly let go of Jiang Li's hand, stumbled back, and slumped to the ground.

She shook her head frantically.

Those fox eyes were filled with hysterical denial and fear.

"Sister Jiang, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"The King promised me! He said he had a way to escape!"

"He said he would leave with me! He said he would give me a stable future!"

"He wouldn't lie to me! He wouldn't!"

At this point, she suddenly stood up and rushed forward.

Gripping Queen Jiang's shoulders tightly once more, she said miserably.

"Queen Jiang, is it you?!"

"Is it because you're jealous of me? Did you secretly do something to harm the King and then want to drive a wedge between us?!"

"Tell me! Say something!"

Listening to Su Daji's completely illogical and frenzied words.

Queen Jiang's heart actually felt a bit better.

After all, she, who had chosen to assist Su Chen.

Was also one of the culprits who had personally killed her lover.

If Su Daji were only sad and calm.

Queen Jiang's heart would likely feel even worse.

Therefore, even though her hair was slightly disheveled from being shaken.

She still stood straight, allowing her to vent without saying a word.

She simply watched her with those calm eyes.

Just then, behind Su Daji.

The Zhaoge soldiers and civilians who had followed.

At some unknown point, they had all knelt down in a row.

They silently removed their helmets.

Some took out prepared white hemp cloth from their robes and silently tied it around their foreheads or arms.

Then, everyone.

Faced the direction of the Star-Plucking Tower.

And kowtowed heavily.

No one made a sound of crying.

Only the dull, rhythmic sound of kowtowing.

Again and again, it echoed in the silent courtyard.

That kowtowing sound was like a death knell.

Shattering the last shred of hope in Su Daji's heart.

(My computer is broken, so I'm typing this on my phone... it took me over four hours, and I'm not sure when it'll be fixed Orz...)