Chapter 1916

Ji Feihua couldn't help laughing, she rose to her feet, looking down at Hu Xiaotian from above and said, "Little beard, you're getting more and more impudent in front of me."

Hu Xiaotian said, "I've always been like this; you just never noticed before."

Ji Feihua sighed and said, "Not bad, you haven't changed, I have!" Her gaze fell back onto the full moon, and she whispered, "Qiqi is indeed my half-sister, but Ling Jiazi is not the Chosen One."

Hu Xiaotian stared, a bit confused, upon hearing that: "Ling Jiazi isn't the Chosen One? Does that mean Qiqi isn't of pure Chosen One bloodline? If she isn't of pure Chosen One bloodline, why would she sense the Skull?"

Ji Feihua said, "Do you believe there exists something even more powerful in this world besides the Chosen Ones and the Void Travelers?"

Hu Xiaotian, Gui Yi Fu Zuo, Hong Beimo, Liu Yuzhang, Ren Tianqing, Long Xuan'en

Ling Jiazi

Ji Feihua didn't let up on the topic, she whispered softly, "You're well-traveled; do you believe there is a form of life that has substance but no shape, not existing in the form ordinary people see?"

Hu Xiaotian secured the wineskin, set it down, rose and went to Ji Feihua's side; from the side, her expression was unprecedentedly grave, without a trace of jest. He suddenly felt a chill, shivered for no reason, wrapped his arms around himself, and whispered, "I've seen that in sci-fi movies."

Phantom, Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, Void Travelers, Heaven's Mandate Ones

Long Ling Shengjing, Fan Yin Shan

After hearing Ji Feihua's account of what she saw on Fan Yin Shan, Hu Xiaotian was shocked to the extreme, murmuring, "If that phantom is so powerful, why didn't she repair the spacecraft and leave?"

Ji Feihua said, "Perhaps the time is not yet ripe."

"If Ling Jiazi is the phantom, how could she have died under their combined attack?"

Ji Feihua retorted, "Who told you she's dead? What we consider death might just be a state of dormancy for her."

Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, Long Ling Shengjing, Chu Yuanhai, Chu Fufeng

Chu Yuanhai, Chu Fufeng

Xichuan

Thinking of this, Hu Xiaotian suddenly asked, "Were the captain and navigator husband and wife?"

Ji Feihua stared for a moment, then slowly nodded; Hu Xiaotian's question was extremely crucial.

Hu Xiaotian already understood in his mind that besides the captain and navigator, the spacecraft must have carried their children as well, and those children would have been among the crew who successfully escaped; Chu Fufeng and Chu Yuanhai are precisely the descendants of those survivors, and only thus can the relationship between Ji Feihua, Qiqi, and the two Skulls be explained.

Ji Feihua said, "Liu Yuzhang lied to you; back then he wasn't attacked by the Chosen One, but he and his Void Travel squad actively attacked the Chosen One, suffered a crushing defeat—when the snipe and clam grapple, the fisherman profits—and the phantom took advantage to inflict heavy damage on both sides; one Chosen One died on the spot, Liu Yuzhang's Void Travel squad lost two men, and Liu Yuzhang was captured by the Chosen One." She paused, then added, "As for the claim that he was tortured and turned into a eunuch by the Chosen One, that is indeed true."

Hu Xiaotian nodded and said, "No wonder he hates the Chosen One so much." He then suddenly thought of another possibility: the ghost doctor Fu Zhuo once said that the Void Travel squad came to this era due to the anomalous fluctuation produced when the spacecraft crashed, meaning their motives weren't that simple.

Gui Yi Fu Zuo

Hu Xiaotian said, "Is there truly a weapon in the underground palace of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda that can counter the phantom?"

Ji Feihua nodded and said, "The Chosen One told me personally; it should be correct."

Hu Xiaotian said, "If he knows such a thing exists, why hasn't he taken it out all these years?"

Zhuge Yun Chun

Hu Xiaotian said, "It seems we still need to find those two Skulls."

No.

"Have you ever considered that perhaps the phantom died along with Ling Jiazi, and there is no immortal life form in this world?"

Hong Beimo

Upon her reminder, Hu Xiaotian suddenly had a bright thought and whispered, "Could he be trying to escape from here?"

Xu Laotaitai

That someone as formidable as Hong Beimo would choose to flee shows how terrifying the phantom is. Hu Xiaotian recalled what Ji Feihua had just said—that what we consider death might merely be a dormancy for the phantom—could the day of this terrifying lifeform's revival be not far off?

Hu Xiaotian said, "No delay; let's go find the Skull now."

Ji Feihua shook her head and said, "I'll look for the Skull; you just need to take care of two things."

Hu Xiaotian said, "What things?"

Ji Feihua said, "I want you to marry Qiqi and overthrow the Xu clan!"

Hu Xiaotian looked at Ji Feihua in some surprise; he hadn't misheard—she had him marry Qiqi and overthrow the Xu clan, placing the marriage first. After a long silence he finally managed to say, "Why?"

Ji Feihua said, "Qiqi's physique is extraordinary; I fear that if the phantom revives, it will likely seek her out first, and only you have the ability to alter her constitution."

Hu Xiaotian said, somewhat embarrassed, "You're overestimating me."

Heavenly Myriad Phenomenon Diagram

Xima

Hu Xiaotian said, "You are also a descendant of the Chosen One."

Ji Feihua abruptly turned to him, her bright eyes coldly fixed on him, making Hu Xiaotian's heart flutter; he also couldn't fathom why he felt so wary of her—his earlier remark was actually meant to remind her that he could likewise serve as a medicinal primer for her, not out of disrespect, but to state the facts while venting his inner displeasure.

Ji Feihua said, word by word, "I don't need your help!"

Hu Xiaotian, having already thrown away any concern for face, since the words were out, might as well be clearer: "I don't mind at all!"

Wing Armor

Ji Feihua, who had already dwindled to a speck in the air, swooped down again, skimming low over Hu Xiaotian's head, tossed him a letter, and called out, "Miser, whatever I give you is mine; you'll never get it back in this lifetime..."

Hu Xiaotian shouted after her receding figure, "Then let's settle it with flesh!"

Ji Feihua's laughter came from the air: "That fat sheep is enough to pay with flesh!" In an instant her silhouette vanished.

Flying Eagle

The letter Ji Feihua left behind, though written by her own hand, contained reliable information from Liu Yuzhang; after reading it, Hu Xiaotian was deeply shaken. In the letter Liu Yuzhang frankly recounted everything that had happened in Xichuan; Hu Xiaotian saw Li Honghan's secret of poisoning the Zhou king and personally killing his own father, leaving him horrified beyond words. He had thought Li Honghan was merely a pawn used by others, never expecting this scoundrel to be so vicious and cruel. Killing the Zhou king was bad enough, but even murdering his own father shows he has lost all humanity.

After parting with Ji Feihua, Hu Xiaotian did not continue to stay in Black Hu; since Ji Feihua had already said she would be responsible for looking for the Skull, and Liu Yuzhang had revealed so much of the inside story to him, it was enough to prove that Liu Yuzhang and she had reached some kind of agreement again. (To be continued~^~)