Chapter 1316: Chapter 1326: Outer Heaven People

"Jiang Fan!"

Venerable Lianjing jumped out of bed, chased after him, and pressed down on Jiang Fan’s shoulder.

Jiang Fan secretly worried, he was an old man now, wouldn’t Venerable Lianjing even spare an old man?

"You’ve got the wrong person," Jiang Fan rasped.

Venerable Lianjing, however, looked remorseful and said:

"Silly child, I’ve been shouting and attacking you, why would you sacrifice yourself to save me?"

"Is it worth it?"

Jiang Fan really wanted to say, if you woke up a little later, I would have fully recovered.

Hearing Venerable Lianjing say that, he could only transform once more into a righteous envoy:

"Didn’t I say it before?"

"I’m just a junior, losing me won’t affect Central Earth at all."

"If I can trade my life for that of a strong four declines like you, it’s worth dying."

Venerable Lianjing was deeply moved.

Inside the Connecting Sky Black Pillar, Jiang Fan had already given her and Xingyuan Venerable some of the few life-extending treasures to resist the Law of Decay.

Now, he aged himself as a price to salvage her domain.

She no longer knew how to repay Jiang Fan.

After a brief contemplation, she said: "Jiang Fan, come back to the Heavenly State with me."

"I will do everything I can to restore you."

How could Jiang Fan dare return to the Heavenly State?

If memory served, Venerable Lianjing came from that Young Emperor Mountain, belonging to the same organization as Venerate Xinnie.

He waved his hand: "Forget it, like fallen leaves returning to their roots, I just want to return to Taicang State to spend my remaining days peacefully."

"Senior Lianjing, you should continue seeking your merit."

Venerable Lianjing, however, refused to let go, unable to bear it, and said: "Do you have any wishes?"

"I will make them come true for you!"

Wishes?

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes, his greatest wish was for Venerable Lianjing to stay away from him.

Suddenly, Jiang Fan remembered Venerable Lianjing’s saw-tooth sword.

That seemed to be a top-grade Spirit Sword!

He had wasted a whole hundred Space-Time Dust for this woman, borrowing her top-grade Spirit Sword for eighty-one years wasn’t excessive, right?

He cleared his throat: "I have no more wishes."

"But I have a friend who urgently needs a top-grade Spirit Sword. If you could lend it to him, I would die without regrets."

The saw-tooth sword?

Venerable Lianjing hesitated for a while, a top-grade Spirit Sword was something even a Great Venerate of the Heavenly Human Five Declines might not have.

She had gotten one thanks to her son, it was a significant aid.

Taking away this sword would greatly impact her strength.

However, looking at the aging Jiang Fan, she ultimately couldn’t bear to refuse, and handed the saw-tooth sword to Jiang Fan.

"Take it, you saved my life twice, we’re even now."

Jiang Fan was surprised, this woman actually gave it, and not just lent it, but gave it to him!

For a moment, Jiang Fan felt a little embarrassed.

After hesitating for a while, he took it with both hands, and said: "I’ll return it to you once my friend is done using it."

Once he no longer needed the sword, he would return it to her.

Venerable Lianjing patted his shoulder, saying: "Take care."

Jiang Fan cupped his hands and said: "Senior Lianjing, you take care too!"

He watched as Venerable Lianjing departed into the sky, feeling conflicted in his heart.

The entanglements between him and Venerable Lianjing, it seemed, were finally put to rest.

Taking advantage of the moment when no one was around, he took out a Space-Time Dust again and quickly regained his youthful appearance.

"It’s been a while since I returned to Taicang State. I wonder how the Taicang State is now."

With a light step, he too soared into the sky.

In front of Qian Jiao Venerable’s bedchamber.

Xingyuan Venerable closed his eyes to sense, and with a blessing on his face, said: "I hope you and True Words can survive this calamity."

Qian Jiao Venerable sneered: "If you can’t bear leaving your daughter, why don’t you just follow her to Taicang State?"

"Save me from looking like the wicked woman who stole her mother’s place."

Xingyuan Venerable gently held her shoulder, saying: "I apologize for the inconvenience to you, dear."

"She has misunderstood you all this time."

Qian Jiao Venerable’s fragrant shoulders trembled a little, and she cupped Xingyuan Venerable’s face, her gaze softening, losing its prior sharpness:

"You’re the one who truly endured grievance."

"To protect us three outsiders from Outer Heaven, people thought you married me just after your wife died."

"Your daughter, as a result, resented you and left far away."

"Our Princely Heir Xiong Xiong also implicated your reputation, hindering your accumulation of merit."

Xingyuan Venerable sighed softly: "I don’t mind."

"I’m the Venerate of Hunyuan State. If sheltering you could bring a chance for Central Earth, it’s worth dying for."

"It’s just a pity for True Words."

"I hope that Jiang Fan, that rascal, will treat him well."

Qian Jiao Venerable, with tears in her eyes, leaned gently on his shoulder:

"You’ve sacrificed too much for Central Earth."

She, Xiong Xiong, and the man in the room were not natives of Central Earth.

They were refugees from Outer Heaven.

Xiong Xiong was not her son, and the middle-aged man wasn’t any lover of hers.

How could there be a man hidden in her bedchamber without Xingyuan Venerable’s awareness?

Years ago, they hid in Central Earth.

Xingyuan Venerable had taken them in; Qian Jiao Venerable assumed the identity of his new wife, and Xiong Xiong stayed by his side as his youngest son, protected by him.

As part of the arrangement, the middle-aged man hiding in her bedchamber would lend a hand to Central Earth in times of unavoidable catastrophe.

These were secrets unknown even to the Great Sages.

That’s why Xingyuan Venerable’s wife’s bones hadn’t cooled yet when he married another.

The young True Word Venerable, unaware, left for Taicang State in anger, never acknowledging Xingyuan Venerable as her father again.

Xingyuan Venerable, who loved his daughter dearly, was instead regarded as an enemy by her.

He must have been in great pain all these years.

Yet for the sake of Central Earth, he never mentioned it to anyone.

Xingyuan Venerable looked up towards the sky, saying: "I hope all nightmares can end with our generation."

Leaving Wenhai Academy.

Jiang Fan sat atop a cloud, brandishing the saw-tooth sword.

Other than being exceptionally sharp and capable of releasing formidable Sword Qi, it didn’t seem to have any special traits.

He couldn’t help but take out the Purple Sword for comparison, looking puzzled:

"They’re both top-grade Spirit Swords, why is there such a big difference with the Tingxue Sword?"

The Tingxue Sword was not only equally sharp but could also release astonishing cold, freezing everything.

But the Purple Sword and the saw-tooth sword couldn’t.

At this moment, above him, a slightly chilly voice suddenly sounded.

"Because they don’t have Artifact Spirits!"

This voice?

Jiang Fan’s body stiffened. Looking up, a delicate noblewoman in a black long dress was glaring at him coldly!

Who else could it be but Venerable Lianjing?

Jiang Fan awkwardly waved his hand: "W-What a coincidence, running into you here!"

Venerable Lianjing sneered: "Like fallen leaves returning to their roots, with a friend who wants to borrow a sword!"

"Is there a single truth in your words?"

After lending out the Spirit Sword, the more she thought about it, the more it felt wrong.

She intentionally turned invisible and guess what?

She had just hidden, and the aging Jiang Fan had become young again!

From the moment she first met Jiang Fan until their final farewell.

This rascal lied to her the whole time!

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