Chapter 896

"Speaking of which, what kind of promise did you and Xiao Jue make?" Walking along the road, Young Yuanzi still couldn't hold back, turning her head to ask Lin Cheng beside her. It wasn't that she had any gossipy little thoughts, but rather that after this brief time together, she herself hadn't noticed when it was that she began linking Lin Cheng and Xiao Jue together, in an important place in her heart, this sudden, unheralded degree of importance was no less than that of family.

Hearing Young Yuanzi's question, Lin Cheng, whose mood seemed somewhat low, felt his mind go blank when he saw Young Yuanzi.

The third night after Xiao Jue was sent to the Water Country daimyo's safe house, deep into the night, such a quiet night, even the chirping of insects seemed to fall silent. In such an environment, even the faintest sound stood out quite prominently.

"Mother." Staring at the black rift torn open in midair, everything around it seemed to mutate because of it. From the pitch-black crack, a fair-skinned hand reached out. The Water Country daimyo could hardly suppress the excitement in his heart; he respectfully stepped forward, wanting to support the owner of the hand.

After a thousand years apart, he had finally seen her with his own eyes once more.

The Water Country daimyo continued to maintain that low-bowed posture, and for a long time received no response, but he did not therefore grow annoyed or lift his head in confusion, even though the corner of his eye had already caught sight of the figure in the rift.

"Show your true face when you come to see me." She walked straight to the chair in the main seat, sat down smoothly, and said nothing else, quietly waiting for the figure she wished to see. Sure enough, the Water Country daimyo retreated into the darkness of a corner and gradually vanished, and immediately afterward Xiao Jue had already appeared before her eyes.

"Mother." The same tone, but a completely different childish voice. Sitting before her with a calm little face, Lin Cheng still couldn't help asking the question she most wanted to ask during this time.

"You, you've really broken free of the seal?" Because she truly could not sense the immense power belonging to Kaguya, she still carefully repeated the question.

"Completely free from that person's shackles?"

At this moment, Lin Cheng's temperament was already different from before, having undergone earth-shaking changes. Anyone familiar with her, even facing this completely identical face, probably would not think this was Lin Cheng.......

"Quite the opposite. I can feel that the main body within the seal has become even weaker because of my separation; now it should be even more restricted, and moreover…"

Kaguya raised the hand that belonged to Lin Cheng. Beneath the fair skin, within the slender blue veins, blood imbued with Kaguya's power flowed quietly.

"This body is still too weak. Up to now, this is the most suitable vessel that could be found for you. Previously I had wanted to use those descendants within the borders of the Water Country… unfortunately their own defects…" Xiao Jue blamed herself endlessly. After agonizing for a long time between the two bloodlines — the "Byakugan" and the Shikotsumyat — she ultimately chose the present Lin Cheng for her mother. Possessing a dojutsu of the same lineage as her mother would allow her to more easily adapt to her mother's primal power. As for the physical constitution, over the past thousand years, what kind of situation the inheriting clans of the Sage's Body and the Sage's Eye were in, Xiao Jue said she had long since seen through.

"I am not blaming you." Kaguya's voice was very gentle, just like Lin Cheng's before.

But Xiao Jue knew very clearly in her heart that although this was a display of maternal love, it was by no means the maternal love her own mother possessed.

"I am very satisfied with Lin Cheng's 'Byakugan.' At the same time, her meridians are also very resilient. The key is that my fusion with her has not encountered too many obstacles. Given time, I believe she will be able to bear more of my power. Of course, during this period I will also need to carry out a small modification on her…" Kaguya was also very clear that Lin Cheng's body was the best vessel that could be found now.