Chapter 401

[I want to hear how they explain it.]

In the Scalegorge Waterscape,

Miss Lingsha and Dan Heng arrived here,

preparing to meet the Vidyadhara High Elder.

[High Elder Taoran, welcomes Miss Miss Lingsha here.]

The two arrived at the agreed place,

and the Vidyadhara High Elder,

had also been waiting here for a long time.

[Miss Lingsha pays respects to the High Elder, it has been a long time.]

[I brought a friend with me this time; speaking of which, he shouldn't be considered an outsider.]

Miss Lingsha bowed to High Elder Taoran.

[Taoran... Elder?]

[When I was exiled, you were already close to the end of your reincarnation lifespan.]

[But... how did you become like this now?]

March 7th: "Wait, what was written on the video just now?"

March 7th: "Mr. Seeing Jiaoqiu is miraculously still alive??"

Stelle: "He's in a dying state, but it seems he's really alive."

Stelle: "Good heavens, Mr. Seeing Jiaoqiu, your life is tough!"

Furina: "But Mr. Seeing Jiaoqiu drank a large amount of Stumbling Powder and had so much blood sucked by Hoolay."

Furina: "Can he still be saved?"

Stelle: "Hard to say."

Stelle: "But if Miss Bailu comes to save him, with her superb medical skills, maybe she can save him."

Miss Bailu: "If there's still a breath left, I can try."

Seeing Jiaoqiu: "Good heavens, I thought I was already gone."

Hu Tao: "In Mr. Seeing Jiaoqiu's state, I guess if Miss Stelle and Mr. Hearing Moze had arrived a little later, he would really be gone."

Miss Qingque: "The hunt is over, now you're going to find trouble with the High Elder?"

Paimon: "Hmm, why does this High Elder look so strange?"

Paimon: "There are tree branches growing on his head... and his arms aren't normal either..."

Stelle: "Bold High Elder! I recognized at a glance that he is not human!"

Stelle: "His appearance clearly shows that he has a connection with the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."

Dan Heng: "Sigh, I really didn't expect that the former High Elder would become like this."

Miss Lingsha: "He doesn't even avoid others seeing his appearance."

Miss Lingsha: "Hehe, it seems he is already prepared."

The video continues.

[All of this is thanks to your previous life.]

[If it weren't for your recklessness back then, I wouldn't have had to seek a dangerous path to find a way for the whole clan to be liberated, turning myself into this neither-human-nor-ghost appearance.]

High Elder Taoran looked at Dan Heng,

and sneered.

Hearing this, Dan Heng said nothing.

[Mr. Dan Heng, you have returned twice, but you have never been willing to meet with us old folks, which is a pity.]

[But to meet in this situation now, it's really ironic.]

High Elder Taoran shook his head,

appearing somewhat emotional.

[I came with Miss Miss Lingsha today, not to reminisce.]

Dan Heng explained.

[That is true.]

[Since the Master of the Alchemy Commission sent an invitation, how could the High Elder not attend?]

Stelle: "This old guy speaks in a weird, sarcastic way."

Dan Heng: "He has resentment in his heart, so naturally he can't speak nicely."

Amber: "Is this person really very old?"

Amber: "But he looks so young..."

March 7th: "He's already at the level of a Vidyadhara Elder, so he's probably really an old guy."

March 7th: "He might be from the same generation as Dan Heng's previous life."

March 7th: "Maybe even older than General Jing Yuan."

Fu Xuan: "Logically speaking, he has reached the end of his lifespan, and according to Vidyadhara rules, he should have reincarnated."

Fu Xuan: "But looking at his current appearance, he has used the forbidden arts of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus to extend his lifespan!"

Fu Xuan: "Just this point alone is a major taboo!"

Miss Lingsha: "Sigh, I didn't expect that the Vidyadhara High Elder would really fall to this point."

Miss Lingsha: "No matter the reason, he shouldn't have done this!"

The video continues.

[Miss Lingsha is honored to serve as the Master of the Alchemy Commission, and the Alchemy Commission is in ruins; I could only talk to you today, Elder, please forgive me.]

[I found some physical evidence regarding the prison break at the Shackling Prison and sent it over; the High Elder must have seen it.]

Miss Lingsha is straightforward,

immediately getting to the point.

[Yes, you sent the remains of the mara-struck, the map of the Shackling Prison, and a Dust-Returning Pill to the mansion.]

High Elder Taoran nodded,

indicating that he had already seen these things.

[The remains are those of an assassin who used Cloud-Singing Arts to hide their tracks, helping the Borisin move through the Shackling Prison without obstruction.]

[The map with the lines drawn on it is the escape route for the prisoners of the Shackling Prison.]

[The Vidyadhara craftsmen planned the construction of the Shackling Prison; I presume Mr. Taoran also has a copy of the same map.]

[This pill—]

Before Miss Lingsha could finish,

High Elder Taoran took over the conversation.

[It is a Dust-Returning Pill.]

[That's right, I helped plan the prison break at the Shackling Prison.]

High Elder Taoran admitted it cleanly and neatly.

[So the appearance of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and the Lord Ravager in the Alchemy Commission, causing chaos, introducing the Stellaron, and making the Arbor reborn, also has nothing to do with the Vidyadhara?]

Miss Lingsha continued to ask back.

[That's right.]

High Elder Taoran still admitted it without hesitation.

[You admit it?]

Regarding Taoran's attitude,

Dan Heng was somewhat surprised.

[Are you surprised?]

[The two of you were sent by the Divination Commission as envoys; didn't you come here just to hear me confess?]

Mualani: "Ah this... he admitted it so readily."

Mualani: "Is he not planning to resist?"

March 7th: "Huh? Even the Lord Ravager causing chaos on the Luofu and the Arbor's rebirth were things he helped with in the dark?"

March 7th: "My god, how could he do such a thing?!"

Stelle: "Sigh, no wonder Phantylia was able to sneak in so easily and enter the sealed Arbor."

Stelle: "It turns out there was an inside man."

Stelle: "Damn, he's really not a human!"

Miss Lingsha: "It's so disappointing."

Miss Lingsha: "He has put the Luofu in danger several times!"

Miss Lingsha: "He is not worthy of being a Vidyadhara High Elder!"

Lumine: "But what is his reason for doing this?"

Lumine: "What benefit could he get from the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou being in trouble?"

The video continues.

[Since the Imbibitor Lunae rebellion, the Vidyadhara population has been dwindling.]

[The High Elder was exiled, and I and a few other High Elders had to struggle to save the situation.]

[The methods might be a bit radical, and might not be understood, but in the end, it was all for one thing—the survival of the Vidyadhara.]

[However, the Luofu Xianzhou people are determined to eradicate the traces of the Abundance and stand by while the Vidyadhara suffer.]

[Dan Heng, Miss Lingsha, as Vidyadhara, you should understand my painstaking efforts.]

[What I did was nothing more than seeking survival.]

High Elder Taoran put on an appearance that everything was for a good reason,

trying to persuade Miss Lingsha and Dan Heng.

[How could I not know the problems the Vidyadhara are facing.]

[Seeking survival is not a sin.]

[But the Elder's actions have exceeded the limits of what a survivor should do...]

[Like a beast that only knows how to breed, without a shred of human kindness.]

Miss Lingsha cannot approve of Taoran's actions.

[Oh? Even if we call ourselves noble dragon descendants, we are just animals walking upright from beginning to end.]

[Racial survival is the fundamental thing; if I don't act like a beast, the Vidyadhara might not even be able to be human!]

[The ancients said that the sage is not benevolent; the High Elder gave up the responsibility of maintaining the survival of the clan, so I can only take all the evil in the world upon myself!]

Miss Qingque: "Oh, the righteousness!"

Miss Qingque: "He makes it seem like he's quite proud."

Paimon: "Paimon doesn't understand, how did these things get linked to the survival of the Vidyadhara race?"

Lumine: "He just mentioned that the Vidyadhara population is dwindling?"