Chapter 144: All Information Regarding Tang Ying, Jun Tianling, and Si Yuyan

"I killed Tang Ying!?"

Upon hearing this news, Si Yuyan was struck as if by lightning: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! This woman is spouting nonsense! Not a single word she says can be trusted!"

"How did you know about Si Yuyan?" Jiang Xun asked, looking at Zhongli Lingyu.

"And how does the young master know about her?" Zhongli Lingyu countered with a question.

"Two hundred." Jiang Xun reached out his hand.

"When Jun Tianling came to Tianling City back then, he shouted the name Si Yuyan. She only had an Artifact Spirit by her side, so naturally, that must be her."

Zhongli Lingyu replied; hearing that Jiang Xun wanted two hundred, she stopped asking him that question altogether.

"I have seen her with my own eyes, so I recognize her."

"Are you certain that everything you've said is true?" Jiang Xun pressed.

"Young master, the five-thousand-year reputation of Wangyue Pavilion is right here; would I spout nonsense?"

Zhongli Lingyu felt a bit annoyed upon hearing this.

"Five... you, you are five thousand years old?"

Jiang Xun stared at Zhongli Lingyu with wide eyes.

He was truly curious about this question; if she were really five thousand years old, she would at least have the strength of the Integration Realm.

"That also requires payment."

Zhongli Lingyu said.

"Pay!"

"Two thousand and twenty."

"Spirit Stones? Why is it such an odd number?"

"Years!"

"..." Jiang Xun didn't know what to say after hearing this, so he had to change the subject: "Then can you draw me a portrait of Jun Tianling, Si Yuyan, and Tang Ying?"

"This..." Zhongli Lingyu hesitated.

She wanted to ask Jiang Xun why he was looking for them, but she knew the rules of this trade; she was only responsible for providing information, and this was not something she should ask.

"The reward will definitely not be small," Jiang Xun said, looking at Zhongli Lingyu.

"Young master, please wait a moment." Zhongli Lingyu said as she stood up, swaying her waist as she left the room.

"Why would I kill Tang Ying? I couldn't possibly have killed her," Si Yuyan said after Zhongli Lingyu left.

"Perhaps you went to save her, but ended up unable to escape yourself, and Tang Ying asked you to kill her so she could break through to the Great Vehicle Realm and escape using the Heavenly Tribulation."

Jiang Xun could only think of this one reasonable explanation.

"Don't I know myself? Even if I died with her, I would never kill her!"

Si Yuyan shouted immediately.

"Are you admitting now that you are Si Yuyan, not Jun Tianling?"

Jiang Xun smiled helplessly.

"... Swearing by the name Si Yuyan works on me, and the Soul Suppressor is also in my hands. Looking at it this way, I might truly be Si Yuyan, and not Jun Tianling."

Si Yuyan said in a low voice; this matter was unbelievable to her as well, but she had no choice but to believe it.

"Once she brings the portraits, everything will be clear to you." Jiang Xun nodded.

At the same time, he was somewhat worried: after Si Yuyan saw the portrait of Jun Tianling, would she go crazy again?

"Mm." Si Yuyan also nodded and stopped speaking; at this moment, her heart was in turmoil.

After about half an incense stick's time, Zhongli Lingyu walked over with several scrolls in her hand and placed them in front of Jiang Xun: "Strange, the portrait of Tang Ying has been damaged."

Zhong Lingqing opened one of the scrolls; on it was a woman in a white dress with a very good figure, but her face looked as if it had been scorched by flames, and nothing could be seen clearly anymore.

"Didn't you see her? Can you draw her?"

Jiang Xun said, looking at Zhongli Lingyu.

"... I tried, but I can't remember what she looks like, and the more I think about it, the blurrier it gets."

Zhongli Lingyu shook her head.

'This situation is the same as Zhong Lingqing's...' Jiang Xun frowned upon hearing this.

"This is the portrait of Si Yuyan."

Zhongli Lingyu opened another scroll; the person drawn on it was indeed Si Yuyan, with long hair draped down, wearing black clothes and a black robe, holding the Soul Suppressor, only her eyes were black pupils.

This was the same as the Si Yuyan Jiang Xun had seen when he was inside Jun Tianling's body.

"And this one is Jun..."

"No need to open this one." Jiang Xun reached out to stop Zhongli Lingyu's hand.

Si Yuyan had already seen the portraits of Tang Ying and Si Yuyan without issue, so it was better not to look at Jun Tianling's.

"How much more do you know about them? Name your price, tell me everything."

Jiang Xun let go of Zhongli Lingyu's wrist and said.

"Everything?" Zhongli Lingyu asked in surprise.

"Everything!" Jiang Xun nodded heavily.

"Well, alright then."

Zhongli Lingyu nodded and began to recount the story.

First was Tang Ying: at the time of her death, she was a Great Vehicle Realm Saint with the extremely rare Ice Spirit Root; she was the biological daughter of the Holy Emperor of the Tang Ming Dynasty, a fallen dynasty in Dongming, and also her disciple.

More than one thousand nine hundred years ago, Tang Ying's mother went missing, and after the Tang Ming Dynasty lost its Saint and declined, it fell into internal strife.

Having no desire to fight with her brothers, Tang Ying left the Tang Ming Dynasty and established the Baihua Sect near Huanyi City in Dongming, becoming the sect leader of the Baihua Sect.

Around one thousand eight hundred years ago, she met Jun Tianling in Dongming, became his Dao companion, and helped Jun Tianling establish the Void Sect; at that time, Tang Ying was only in the Transformation God Realm, and it seems she was focused on cultivation with Jun Tianling at the Void Sect.

One thousand one hundred years ago, for unknown reasons, she left the Void Sect, and after returning to the Baihua Sect for over eighty years, she came to Tianling City alone; the Tang Ying who appeared in Tianling City was already a Saint of the Great Vehicle Realm.

But after being targeted by the Tianyu Dynasty in Tianling City, she was killed by Si Yuyan.

There is not much information about Si Yuyan; it is only known that she was the Artifact Spirit of Jun Tianling who had cultivated a physical body, was a Venerable of the Integration Great Perfection back then, and her whereabouts became unknown after she killed Tang Ying and broke through to the Great Vehicle Realm.

Finally, there is Jun Tianling; she was born in a dynasty in the Northern Wasteland and was a Princess of that dynasty. After the Demon Race invaded, Jun Tianling was the only one from the entire dynasty to escape, and she was only a cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage back then.

In order to take revenge on the Demon Race of the Northern Wasteland, Jun Tianling began to cultivate diligently and eventually turned to the demonic path to increase her strength, raising her power to the Integration Great Perfection in a short period of time.

After that, she challenged the previous Holy Emperor of Tianling City and fled, later becoming a Saint in Dongming.

She established the Void Sect together with Tang Ying, accumulating power in preparation for revenge against the Demon Race of the Northern Wasteland.

Later, she was besieged by the Ten Great Sects under the leadership of the Tianyu Dynasty, who sealed the entire Xuwang Mountain, after which there was no more news, and her life or death remained unknown.

"Do you know who she killed?"

Jiang Xun asked.

"Not clearly, but..." Zhongli Lingyu changed the subject: "At that time, there were only three Saints who disappeared: one was the Qingming Sword Saint, one was the Wanyue Blade Saint, and the other was the Lingshan Sword Saint."

"Among them, is there anyone who used a flute as a protective Dharma Artifact and used a white long sword?"

"That would be the Qingming Sword Saint."

"Who is she?"

"The female Holy Emperor of the Tang Ming Dynasty, Tang Ying's mother, Tang Qingming."

"?" Jiang Xun widened his eyes.

The female Saint he had controlled Jun Tianling's body to chase after, and whom he had killed by having Jun Tianling drain his own Spirit Power.

Was she Tang Ying's mother?