Chapter 477: Wang Yuyan: Once You've Seen an Eagle, How Could You Love a Sparrow

Mount Qingcheng, also known as Red City Mountain, is the legendary Fifth Grotto-Heaven of the Daoists.

It has long enjoyed the reputation of being the most secluded mountain under heaven.

Zhang Taixuan restrained the divine light about his body and walked side by side with Ah Zhu like an ordinary mortal, with Wang Yuyan, Ah Zi, and Ah Bi following behind.

Handsome men and beautiful women wandering among the mountains, like a pair of immortal lovers, drew every eye.

However, there were not many people here, only a few Daoist Priests in quiet cultivation.

As for the people of the Wu Lin, they had long since been driven down the mountain by Ah Zhu.

A gentle breeze drifted through the forest, birds sang among the peaks, and the mood of the whole party lifted.

"Sister, from now on let's stop hiding away in the Grotto-Heaven. The scenery out here is wonderful," Ah Zi suggested. "With your level of strength, others should be the ones hiding from you. Where's the sense in you hiding from people!"

Ah Zhu sighed: "Isn't it just to avoid trouble?"

"It is a bit of trouble," Wang Yuyan agreed. "Fighting and killing is never a pretty business."

Just as she spoke, Ah Zhu's expression changed and she looked down the mountain.

"Those fortune-seekers are back again!"

08　Zhang Taixuan looked over and said: "Quite a complete gathering this time—Murong Fu, Qiao Feng, Duan Zhengchun. Every famous name under heaven is here."

"I see Duan Yu," Ah Zhu said softly with a sigh. "Looks like he told Duan Zhengchun who I am. Hmph, what have they come looking for now?"

Ah Zi's expression stirred: "Duan Zhengchun—that would be our own father?"

Ah Zhu nodded: "That's right, our own father."

At this point, she shifted the topic and looked at Wang Yuyan. "Actually, Cousin is also Duan Zhengchun's daughter."

"Ah…" Wang Yuyan was stunned.

Ah Zhu: "Otherwise, why would I pass a divine art on to you? We're blood sisters too."

"What about me?" Ah Bi pointed at herself. "Don't tell me I'm also the Prince's daughter!!"

"You're not," Ah Zhu said, exasperated. "Ah Bi, stop letting your imagination run wild."

Ah Bi looked a little crestfallen: "I was hoping to be a Long Zilongsun. Turns out I'm just an ordinary person."

"What are Long Zilongsun worth!" Ah Zhu pinched Ah Bi's little cheeks, her face full of teasing. "You're an immortal of eternal life now—how is that not nobler than the sons and grandsons of earthly emperors?"

"That's true enough," Ah Bi cheered. "Ah Bi is an immortal now!"

Ah Zhu looked at Zhang Taixuan and said: "Dao Lord, I'll go chase them off, or they'll spoil our pleasure of touring the mountain."

"No need for that trouble." Zhang Taixuan shook his head and smiled faintly. The next instant, an invisible mystic light enveloped a region of several thousand li, shrouding the Great Song, Western Xia, and Khitan within it. "Let them have a beautiful dream called Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."

"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils?" Ah Zhu cried out in surprise.

Zhang Taixuan laughed: "The very Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils you know. However, the parts about you, Yuyan, and a few others have been cut."

Wang Yuyan, curious: "Brother Dao Lord, what riddle are you two speaking in?"

"Ah Zi wants to know too."

Zhang Taixuan looked at Ah Zhu and said: "Since they want to know, tell them."

"Alright." Ah Zhu nodded. "Cousin, Ah Zi, what I'm about to tell you is what should have originally happened in this world. Once you know, there's no need to be afraid or amazed."

Wang Yuyan, Ah Zi, and Ah Bi nodded, their eyes expectant, urging her on.

"Don't worry, Sister. I won't be afraid."

Only then did Ah Zhu use the method of spirit-to-spirit transmission to send the entire story of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils into the three minds.

A moment.

The three had already digested the story.

"I never thought my ending would be like that." Wang Yuyan sighed softly. "But then again, Cousin was always obsessed with restoring the kingdom. If the kingdom could be restored, who couldn't be sacrificed?"

She looked toward Zhang Taixuan, and a languid voice rose in her heart: "But whether it's Cousin or Young Master Duan, compared with the Dao Lord they are like the dust of the mortal world. Once a person has seen an eagle, how could they ever love a sparrow!"

Ah Bi: "I actually accompanied the Young Master?"

At this, she looked toward Zhang Taixuan, comparing the two.

"Young Master, I'm sorry—Ah Bi can never go back!" Ah Bi whispered silently in her heart.

Ah Zi cried out: "Poor Ah Zi! And poor Sister too! You rotten Qiao Feng, you actually killed Sister!! I'll make him pay."

"Ah Zi." Ah Zhu, exasperated: "I told you, that was what was supposed to happen. Fate has long since changed now, so you don't need to think about revenge. What we should do is cultivate well and strive to reach the realm of eternal life as soon as possible."

Ah Zi pouted and huffed: "Sister is just too soft-hearted. Fine, I'll go along with you."

Just then, everyone looked down the mountain and saw the people who had been lying on the ground getting up one by one.

"I failed to restore the kingdom? And went mad? Impossible!"

"Young Master, are you alright?"

The Four Family Generals were somewhat fearful and retreated to one side.

The dream just now had been too real, as if they had truly died once.

Qiao Feng muttered to himself: "I'm really a Khitan. My father didn't die? I never imagined—all of it was the Murong family's plot. Murong Fu, give me your life!"

So saying, he launched a strike of the Descending Dragon Palm straight at Murong Fu.

On the other side.

Duan Zhengchun's group exchanged uneasy glances.

"Yu'er, Feng'er… sigh!"

"Chun-ge!"

In an instant, the foot of Mount Qingcheng descended into utter chaos.