Chapter 888: The Unknown Great Love Master Dinghai Zhenjun

Jiang Ding stopped his wild speculations and stared at the star-robed Daoist.

Great Love Master Dinghai Zhenjun.

This person seemed somewhat familiar; he became famous during the Jin Dan stage, forming an army of righteous volunteers within the Great Sun Sword Sect alongside Blood Flow Cloud, persisting for a long time before retreating in defeat, and was once a figure similar to the North Plain's Heavenly Pride.

At this moment, a memory from his clone, who wore a Sixth-Rank Immortal Gate Concealment Talisman, arrived—a memory from several hundred years ago.

'On this person, especially deep within his soul and spirit, I smell a certain rot and scent of blood...'

Jiang Ding recalled the intelligence from his concealed clone.

This person had met his clone, and the impression was profound.

Jiang Ding fell into thought.

Great Love True Person maintained a posture of respectful homage, doing so for seven consecutive days.

"Junior Great Love pays respects to Tushan Tian Jun!"

Seven days later, Great Love True Person changed direction again and paid respectful homage.

Another seven days, and it was repeated again.

"He knows I will come!"

"That's right, it is exactly so."

A surge of killing intent arose in Jiang Ding's heart, echoing within: "Why? On what grounds does he know? From what channel, with what ability?"

"Seize him, search his soul..."

A thought appeared in Jiang Ding's heart.

"What crime?"

Immediately, another thought surfaced in Jiang Ding's mind.

To many, this would look very hypocritical.

But to him, it was very important, relating to his Dao Heart, and was the most crucial reason he was able to treat his heart demons like dogs during the Jin Dan heavenly tribulation and the Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation.

Everything I do is righteous!

Whoever wishes to oppose me, please list reasons I accept; if you cannot, it is nonsense, and I will settle it with a single sword strike.

Finding a crime is a very easy thing.

Having lived in this world for several hundred years, Jiang Ding had not yet seen a cultivator without a crime; killing to seize treasures, refining human souls into treasures, slaughtering mortals—these were things almost every North Plain cultivator had done to some degree.

Those who kill shall be killed by others.

Since one did not care about so-called righteousness in the past and killed at will, one must accept it now when being killed.

Regardless of whether the other party accepts it, Jiang Ding accepted it for them anyway.

Because if others beat him to death, Jiang Ding would accept it himself, granting them more tolerance, allowing others to treat him unjustly, but not allowing anyone to dare make an exception.

"The crime of this Great Love True Person: murder? Slaughter of mortals? Betrayal to the Demon Clan?..."

"None?"

"None?!!"

Jiang Ding pondered, searching his mind with great effort for a long time; finally, he drew in a sharp breath of cold air: "Could it be? People like this are common in the Immortal Sects, found on every street, but how could such a person exist in the North Plain?"

"None!"

"No crime at all!"

"Everyone this person killed had a justifiable reason, either as enemies on the battlefield, or because they had done wrong and evidence was obtained, such as killing others, trafficking humans, or demons eating humans..."

"He looks like a great benefactor, doesn't he?"

"But this Great Love True Person killed many people, very many, extremely many!"

"Whether mortals, Qi Refining cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators, or Jin Dan cultivators, he spared none; as long as the crime was undeniable, he would immediately greedily strike them down, killing far more people than I have..."

"I have a feeling of déjà vu."

Jiang Ding's face darkened.

Thinking carefully, this person seemed highly targeted against him; he appeared to have no malice, acting as a righteous messenger who hated evil as much as he hated himself, and even propagated the Dao title of Great Love.

However, in his instincts, Jiang Ding keenly smelled danger, that deeply hidden malice.

Coincidence.

Coincidence?

Too many coincidences!

"Junior Great Love,"

Great Love Master Dinghai Zhenjun repeated the seven-day cycle; a single instance looked normal, but repeating it countless times in succession made it seem very eerie.

"Pays respects to Tushan Tian Jun!"

What was different this time was that a youth in green robes slowly materialized before him, his expression calm.

"Pays respects, Tian Jun!"

Great Love Master Dinghai Zhenjun's heart trembled, and he said respectfully.

Silence, no answer.

Great Love Master Dinghai Zhenjun's heart grew cold.

He could clearly feel a massive divine sense and sword intent descending upon him, scanning him meticulously bit by bit.

Unknown how much time passed.

Great Love Master Dinghai Zhenjun stood with hands clasped, maintaining a respectful posture.

"Great Love."

"On your person, deep within your soul and spirit, there exists a hidden rot and scent of blood."

Jiang Ding spoke slowly: "Can you tell me, what is the reason for this?"

Boom!

A terrifying pressure descended from the heavens!

As if the great sun had fallen, the myriad gods of all heavens had perished, great terror, great destruction, the vitality of all things withered, and the age of Dao Le Mo Fa had arrived.

All cultivators sank into depravity, died, and could no longer transcend.

Killing intent surged wildly to the heavens!

"I…"

Da Ai Master Dinghai Zhenjun revealed a trace of terror.

No!

This isn't right!

Clearly, it was I who coincidentally encountered the Great Sun Sword Lord, then heard of my plan, and then cooperated to overthrow the Gui Mountain Tie family. Clearly, it should have been just like Li Qingyun Master Dinghai Zhenjun, obtaining what my Dao required — the two were almost identical.

Clearly, it should have been like this!

Why did such a change occur?

Aura?

What is this reeking, rotting, putrid aura? What is this?

He wants to kill me? Why?

I clearly haven't violated any law of Tu Mountain!

But, he really is going to kill me!!!

Such a thought instinctively surfaced in Da Ai Master Dinghai Zhenjun's heart. He was utterly terrified, his body trembling, yet he had no thought of resisting at all — he merely used his divine sense to desperately touch something in his dantian.

"What?"

"What rotting and bloody aura?"

Da Ai Master Dinghai Zhenjun restrained his various fears, revealed his doubts just at the right measure, and said sincerely: "Canghai Tianjun, I do not know."

The killing intent suddenly turned icy cold.

As if he had entered an icy hell, about to die the next moment.

"Canghai Tianjun, I truly do not know."

The fear in Da Ai Master Dinghai Zhenjun's heart instead lessened considerably, and he said sincerely once more.

Jiang Ding fell silent.

The surrounding icy killing intent suddenly vanished.

"You understand me very well."

"You truly understand me well."

Jiang Ding sighed and said: "You knew I would appear here, you knew I would not kill someone who hadn't violated the laws of Tu Mountain, and you also knew the purpose of my coming here."

"Can you tell me why?"

Yes, he had given up the plan to slay this man on the spot, even though his instincts sent warnings, even though he had absolute certainty to crush the danger in its cradle.

'How could my Dao heart shatter because of so-called warnings?'

'Perhaps he will be very strong in the future?'

'What does that matter? Strong is strong — that is a good thing. Why worry? If he violates the laws of Tu Mountain, I will simply slay him; if I cannot win, I will simply flee.'

At this moment, Jiang Ding's heart regained its calm, no longer worrying about anything.

"Canghai Tianjun,"

Da Ai True Person's heart skipped a beat, but he did not panic. He gave the answer he had long prepared: "I once obtained a fortuitous encounter and mastered a brilliant divination inheritance. I expended a great price to divine your whereabouts."

"This is the inheritance. Please, Canghai Tianjun, have a look."

Da Ai True Person took out an ancient jade slip, utterly plain, brimming with the aura of time.

"Have a look?"

"I will not seize the inheritance of a non-hostile target."

Jiang Ding sighed and turned to leave.

This Da Ai Master Dinghai Zhenjun had waited for him so long, braving such great risks. Perhaps there was a very easy method — breaking through the Gui Mountain Tie family's formation, casually obtaining a great quantity of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and it would not bring him any harm.

This should have been this Da Ai Master Dinghai Zhenjun's plan.

He was eloquent and capable; perhaps he had carefully schemed for countless years.

But Jiang Ding no longer wished to listen.

The unknown — the vast unknown — made him feel uneasy. The enormous benefits that Da Ai True Person found unimaginable were no longer important to him.

(End of this chapter)

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