Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation

Zhou Jinyun’s heart tightened.

She knew that she had just said the wrong thing.

Earlier, Su Hongzhen had told her about his experiences in Liaolong.

She also knew that the small village on the Liaolong border, and the carpenter who had once taken Su Hongzhen in, were very important to him.

Therefore, her gaze toward Su Hongzhen became a bit cautious.

But Su Hongzhen did not show the anger or grief she had imagined.

The thirteen-year-old boy just shook his head calmly:

“Because there was nothing I could do, Immortal Master Zhou.”

“……Everyone has moments of helplessness. Regret is also a part of this world. We must respect the rules in order to live better and minimize regret as much as possible.”

Zhou Jinyun’s voice softened, as if she was trying to make amends for her earlier mistake.“Immortal Master Zhou, Brother Yan once asked me a question, do you remember?”

The boy said slowly.

“What?”

“He asked me what cultivation is really for.”

Su Hongzhen said:

“Back then, my answer was to become stronger. But now I’m thinking about something else: what is becoming stronger for?”

“……”

Zhou Jinyun did not speak.

“Maybe everyone has a different answer. For me, the answer is that I hope to transcend the rules of this world and pursue what is truly right.”

Su Hongzhen said calmly.

At this moment, his expression was serious, completely unlike that of a thirteen-year-old child:

“I don’t want to be someone who can’t do anything.”

“……How foolish!”

Zhou Jinyun said, then stretched out her right hand and pointed from a distance at Fang Yuan’s throat.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, Fang Yuan’s cervical spine was completely snapped, and he stopped breathing.

……

When Chen Yan returned to Moxu Inn, Fang Yuan, who should have been on the bed, had vanished.

Only Little Zhou and Little Su were sitting at the table in the room.

But compared to the time when they were having the Dao discussion earlier tonight, the distance between the two young people seemed to have grown much wider.

“How did you handle him?”

Chen Yan asked.

“……We killed him.”

Zhou Jinyun replied.

“Was it the joint decision of both of you?”

Chen Yan asked again.

The atmosphere in the room was very strange. After a moment of silence, Zhou Jinyun hesitated, wanting to admit it:

“……No”

“That’s right.”

But she was immediately interrupted by Su Hongzhen’s voice.

Zhou Jinyun cast a shocked look in Su Hongzhen’s direction, then quickly looked away.

All these little movements were, of course, fully captured by Chen Yan’s eyes.

In fact, when Zhou Jinyun and Su Hongzhen were arguing, Chen Yan had already returned to Moxu Inn.

Everything that happened in the room was completely under Chen Yan’s spiritual sense surveillance.

He just didn’t want to get involved in the dispute between these two.

Just as Chen Yan had said to Zhou Jinyun before, she was not wrong.

If it were Chen Yan, he would have acted the same way as Zhou Jinyun.

Because that is the cruelty of reality. Chen Yan, who had been through the Cycle of Reincarnation countless times, knew this very well.

One must eliminate all threats as much as possible.

But Su Hongzhen was also not wrong.

In fact, Little Su was even more correct.

However, being as idealistic as Little Su would certainly cause him to suffer a lot more hardships.

Perhaps, the reason why the foremost Sword Immortal of Chenping Continent was called that was not only because of his superb swordsmanship.

The sky was beginning to lighten.

“We should set off. Let’s leave this troublesome place at Moxu Mountain.”

Chen Yan said.

“Go where?”

Zhou Jinyun asked.

Chen Yan walked forward a few steps and grabbed the list with many names on it from the table:

“Go and find out the truth.”

……

Chenping Continent, Western Region, southwest corner.

A youth in plain white daoist robes, along with a boy and a girl in gray daoist robes, were riding horses on a road thousands of miles away from Mirage Palace.

They were currently on the territory of the Anlong Kingdom.

Unlike Kongshan Sect, which was located next to Qingque Kingdom, Mirage Palace, situated in the southwest corner of the Western Region of Chenping Continent with its back to the Endless Sea, bordered four secular countries.

Anlong Kingdom was one of them.

These four countries were all far more ancient than one might imagine.

Each country had lasted for at least tens of thousands of years, far longer than many cultivation sects in this world.

Although these four countries also bordered each other, for tens of thousands of years, none of them had ever engaged in any war.

In fact, these countries didn’t even have armies. They only kept many constables to maintain basic law and order.

Of course, the reason for this was entirely due to the existence of Mirage Palace.

The unspoken rule of Chenping Continent was that cultivators were not to interfere in secular political affairs.

Mirage Palace naturally strictly followed this rule.

But this did not mean that the several secular countries right next to the giant that was Mirage Palace would not be actively influenced by it.

Just like Taiyun City in Qingque Kingdom. Although it was the fief of His Highness the Cloud Prince, if anything major happened, His Highness the Cloud Prince would take the initiative to consult the Stationed Envoy of Kongshan Sect in Taiyun City.

In such circumstances, the countries around Mirage Palace naturally wouldn’t start any wars.

At this moment, Chen Yan was taking Zhou Jinyun and Su Hongzhen on their way to Fu’an City in the Anlong Kingdom.

Their purpose for going to Fu’an City was to find the Mirage Palace Stationed Envoy in the city.

Through Fang Yuan, Zhou Jinyun had obtained a list containing the names of Huangfu Han and Zeng Qi, along with a few other names that were not in the delegation.

But the main problem was that Zhou Jinyun didn’t recognize any of these names.

After all, she was only fourteen years old, and most of her time at Mirage Palace was spent on cultivation.

Zhou Jinyun couldn’t return to Mirage Palace for now.

Because, currently, only a very few individuals within Mirage Palace were aware of her existence.

For her to return, Shang Ao would have to actively summon her.

Chen Yan also couldn’t bring her back.

Although as a great power in the upper three realms, Chen Yan might have the face to see Shang Ao.

But if he did that, all the efforts they had made before would be wasted.

Because even with Fang Yuan’s list and the knowledge of Grand Elder Jing Bai’s existence, it would still be impossible to catch the true culprit behind the scenes.

These people would all become sacrificial pawns, just like Shen Chuan.

Unable to return to Mirage Palace for now, Zhou Jinyun could only act based on the clues she had.

That was why Chen Yan brought Zhou Jinyun and Su Hongzhen to the Anlong Kingdom, trying to start from the Mirage Palace Stationed Envoy Residence and gradually uncover the truth step by step.