Chapter 213: An Opportunity to Change the Future

"I heard that the Imperial Sister founded a sect called the Baihua Sect near Huanyi City, and she should be in the sect right now," Tang Shanhe said. "Do you know the Imperial Sister?"

"Don't ask about anything else. Take a Dao Oath and promise to pass on the message."

Jiang Xun said.

Tang Shanhe was helpless and could only reach out to swear the oath.

"Don't go around talking about me having been here; it's for your own good."

After Jiang Xun finished speaking, he vanished from before Tang Shanhe.

"You say it like that, but when you return to two thousand years later, how are you going to help the Tang Ming Dynasty? With your Spirit Transformation Stage strength... to put it bluntly, what difference is there between you and a mosquito?"

Jiang Xun was flying in the air when Jun Tianling said this.

"I never intended to help them. I just need to complete my own goal."

Jiang Xun laughed.

His identity two thousand years later is Tian Zeyan. After returning, if he meets Tang Zhirou and has Tang Shanhe's message, barring any accidents, Tang Zhirou will cooperate with Jiang Xun and present requests to the Tianwai Island Master on Jiang Xun's behalf.

Even if Tang Shanhe discovers later that he was played, he wouldn't dare to go and cause trouble for the Tianyu Dynasty.

After all, his goal is to break away from the Lingyun Dynasty, and to contend with the Tianyu Dynasty, he must have the help of the Lingyun Dynasty. He can't exactly tell the Lingyun Dynasty the truth, can he? He can only swallow this bitter pill.

"You really are a scoundrel," Jun Tianling rolled her eyes. "Where are we going now?"

"To the Northern Wasteland."

"Wait a moment." Upon hearing this, Jun Tianling hurriedly took over the body and stopped in mid-air.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Xun couldn't help but ask.

"Wait a bit, I haven't prepared myself mentally yet," Jun Tianling said in a low tone.

"You dared to barge directly into the Tianyu Dynasty to kill the Holy Emperor, yet you're afraid to sneak into the Northern Wasteland?" Jiang Xun suddenly felt it was somewhat amusing.

"You don't understand; the Northern Wasteland is terrifying right now," Jun Tianling shook her head.

"Speaking of which, since both are your Consciousness Space, why wasn't Si Yuyan in your consciousness?" Jiang Xun asked, thinking of the situation where Si Yuyan and Sikong Yuhuan met in his own consciousness.

"To make it easier for Si Yuyan to shape her physical body, I didn't have the Soul Suppressor acknowledge me as its master, so she wouldn't be in my consciousness," Jun Tianling replied.

"So that's how it is." Jiang Xun nodded upon hearing this. He had previously wondered why Jun Tianling had never been to his side; it seems the reason was also because Jun Tianling had not let the Soul Suppressor acknowledge her as its master.

"Let's go quickly, don't hesitate. The more you hesitate, the less you'll dare to go," Jiang Xun then urged. Knowing about Si Yuyan and the others, Jiang Xun naturally also knew that Jun Tianling definitely did not die in the Northern Wasteland on this trip.

What's more, she is a Saint.

"Don't make me look down on you, Great Saint Jun."

"... The 'goading method' won't work on me. Give me some time to prepare myself mentally," Jun Tianling curled her lips, completely unaffected by Jiang Xun.

Afterward, Jun Tianling flew away from Qingming City, arrived at a mountain outside the city, sat on the peak, and took out a wine flask to drink a few mouthfuls.

"Yo, you like a drink too."

Jiang Xun said upon seeing this.

"When drinking, I temporarily seal my Spirit Power; it can slightly reduce the pressure and keep me from thinking about so many things in my head," Jun Tianling nodded.

After a moment of silence, Jun Tianling said: "I am definitely not someone who doesn't keep her word. It's impossible for me to break my promise. If I don't go to see you two thousand years later, it must mean I'm already dead."

"Are you worried that you'll die on this trip to the Northern Wasteland?" Jiang Xun asked.

"Yeah," Jun Tianling nodded. "It's not that I'm afraid of death, it's just that dying like this would be too stifling. I haven't even started my revenge yet."

"Rest assured, although I don't know what your ultimate ending is, you definitely won't die within the next thousand years," Jiang Xun comforted her.

"Who can say for sure? What if the future changes because of your appearance?"

"I feel that the future shouldn't change," Jiang Xun shook his head.

"Of course it can," Jun Tianling was very decisive. "If the future can't be changed, then what is the point of time travel? To let you go window shopping? In the terminology of writing scripts, that's just filler content; who would want to watch that?"

"If I could go back one hundred and fifty years and persuade the Imperial Father in advance to take the Junlin Dynasty and leave the Northern Wasteland for Dongming, would the Demonic Beasts really be able to fight their way to Dongming?"

"Therefore, the future must be changeable."

Jiang Xun couldn't help but nod upon hearing this, then said: "Then, let me put it to you this way..."

"According to the news I received in the future, the Saint that you and I killed together was Tang Ying's mother, Tang Qingming, and Si Yuyan later... it should be in the near future, will become Dao companions with Tang Ying. You all returned to the place where you lived before and established the Void Sect, with the goal of taking revenge on the Northern Wasteland Demonic Beasts. It is very likely that Tang Ying later found out you killed her mother, and then the three of you turned against each other."

"Si Yuyan and Tang Ying both wanted to kill you, and they might have even succeeded."

"In such a future, with me telling you this now while there is still time to prevent all of this, what will you do?"

Jun Tianling frowned upon hearing this and took several more gulps from the wine flask.

Afterward, she said: "If Yuyan really likes Tang Ying, then let them meet. I will try my best to hide the fact that I killed Tang Qingming. When it truly can't be hidden anymore, I don't believe the two of them have the strength to kill me, nor do I believe Yuyan would make a move against me."

"So confident?" Jiang Xun laughed.

"Can you understand that feeling? The feeling of having personally molded a person, watching her go from ignorant and unknowing, unable to speak, to starting to babble and learn to speak from you, sticking by your side all day long... how should I put it, Yuyan is like my child."

Jun Tianling sighed.

"So I am very happy to see my child with the person she likes."

Jiang Xun felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this. Look, the future really is unchangeable, isn't it? If you had said even once that you wouldn't go, the future wouldn't be what it is now, but since you said you would go, the future just continues to follow its original path.

"Since that's the case, after we return from the Northern Wasteland, let's go take a look at the Baihua Sect," Jiang Xun nodded and said.

"Hoo." Jun Tianling let out a breath, drank the rest of the wine in the flask in one go, threw the flask away, released her Spirit Power again, and stood up to fly toward the Northern Wasteland.

Naturally, there are no Teleportation Arrays in the Northern Wasteland. To get to the Northern Wasteland, the closest city is Yunyin City; two thousand miles past Yunyin City is the future Tianwu Sect.

The Tianwu Sect is located at the very edge of the Northern Wasteland.

Only after crossing another eight thousand miles past the Tianwu Sect does one reach the true Northern Wasteland where Demonic Beasts run rampant.

To prevent herself from regretting it, Jun Tianling flew at full speed. Her speed was countless times faster than when Jiang Xun used the Crimson Wings. Like a meteor, she crossed ten thousand miles in the time it takes to burn a stick of incense and arrived above the Northern Wasteland.

A foul stench immediately wafted up from below, and Jun Tianling immediately cut off her sense of smell.