Chapter 489

"So it is the world-renowned Young Master Tianji Lin Fan. It really is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. I didn't expect there to be such a heaven-sent talent in the world, reaching the Earth Immortal realm at the age of twenty. I am not as good as you!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Changqing felt somewhat relieved. Who else could be so young and have such high martial arts in the world besides Young Master Tianji?

As the saying goes, the person on the path is like jade, and the young master is unparalleled in the world. It's no wonder the princess was so dazed looking at him; after all, what young girl doesn't dream of love!

Lin Fan was already the most admired talent among all the female warriors in the world, so it was perfectly normal for the princess to be attracted to him. However, it was rumored that wherever Young Master Tianji traveled, he was accompanied by beauties, and his confidantes could rival a sect. Although he didn't know if it was true or false, there was no smoke without fire, so it should be true.

Thinking of this, Cao Changqing cast his gaze into the distance and indeed discovered Xuan Yuan Qingfeng, Yan Lingji, Duanmu Rong, and Ehuang and Nüying looking over with concern. It seemed they were all Lin Fan's confidantes; he truly was a romantic and unrestrained figure.

"Spring outing, apricot blossoms blowing all over the head. Whose young man is on the path, so romantic. I intend to marry him, for a lifetime. Even if abandoned by the heartless, I will not be ashamed!"

Even as a man, Cao Changqing understood the meaning and emotion of this poem. There truly was such a wonderful man in the world who could make a woman abandon everything, only wishing to follow him and spend a lifetime with him.

However, understanding was one thing, but Cao Changqing still couldn't help but walk up and block the space between Lin Fan and Jiang Ni.

Ordinary women had the right to pursue happiness, but Jiang Ni could not. As the Princess of Western Chu, she had the heavy burden of restoring the country and could not love someone recklessly!

"Cao Changqing, why is this? You're blocking me from looking at the beauty!"

Although Lin Fan hadn't decided whether to take Jiang Ni in, he couldn't help but tease Cao Changqing, who was blocking him and Jiang Ni.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ni blinked her dazed eyes, and then her face flushed slightly. Lin Fan had called her a beauty!

"Young Master Tianji's confidantes are all over the world, and his admirers are countless. Why must you come to provoke Jiang Ni?"

Cao Changqing was somewhat helpless. He hadn't expected his actions to have the opposite effect. Originally, Lin Fan didn't seem to have much interest in Jiang Ni, but his attempt to cut off the possibility between the two had instead aroused Lin Fan's interest in her.

"Jiang Ni is just a weak and gentle young woman. You press all the responsibility on her—isn't that too selfish?"

Lin Fan asked Cao Changqing thoughtfully.

"She is the Princess of Western Chu. Restoring the country—this is her mission, and also her responsibility!"

Cao Changqing was somewhat stunned at first. He hadn't expected Lin Fan to know all this in such detail, but then he thought that the person before him was Young Master Tianji, so he was no longer surprised.

However, he believed that Jiang Ni had a mission, and this was a responsibility she could not escape.

But Jiang Ni was moved to tears. She had known since she was a child that she was the Princess of Western Chu, with national hatred and family grudges buried in her heart. When she grew up, she faced the heavy burden of raising an army to restore the country. All of this pressed on her delicate shoulders, making her somewhat unable to breathe.

"And then?"

Lin Fan suddenly asked a question that seemed to come out of nowhere, and none of the people present understood it for a moment.

"Western Chu is restored, and then?"

Lin Fan also knew they didn't understand, so he asked the question completely.

"Then, then naturally it is to develop and strengthen Western Chu. One day, Western Chu will annihilate Liyang and wash away the shame!"

Cao Changqing seemed not to have thought about this question. His mind was full of the idea of finding the princess and then restoring the country. He hadn't thought about the arrangements after the restoration. Lin Fan's question left him somewhat dumbfounded, but after all, he was a man of vision, and he soon understood the path he should take in the future.

"Hehe!"

Lin Fan couldn't help but laugh, laughing very unrestrainedly, which made Cao Changqing feel somewhat inexplicable and secretly angry.

"What are you laughing at?"

Finally, Cao Changqing couldn't help but question Lin Fan.

"Back then, Western Chu's military was strong, yet it was still destroyed by the Liyang Dynasty. Now, there are only some displaced Western Chu survivors and old Western Chu officials with broken spines left. The result of a new Western Chu rebuilt by them is self-evident. If Western Chu could be as imposing as a rainbow and swallow the world, that would be fine, but once they lose a battle and the situation is unfavorable, the new Western Chu faces the danger of collapse. Do you believe that those old Western Chu officials could sell Jiang Ni and send her to Liyang in exchange for their own chance of survival and glory?"

Lin Fan shook his head. A country that has already perished, unless the enemy country that destroyed it falls into turmoil and causes a situation of fragmentation, it is impossible for the restoration to succeed.

Even if the restoration is temporarily successful and the prestige rises, how can a new country that has lost its foundation compete with the previous enemy country? In the end, it will still head toward destruction.

"Do you mean that even after Western Chu is restored, it will still perish at the hands of Liyang?"

Cao Changqing looked at Lin Fan with a solemn expression and asked in disbelief.

"This is a very obvious thing. If Liyang doesn't have internal chaos, why do you think the defeated party of the past can turn defeat into victory after lingering on for a while?"

Lin Fan asked Cao Changqing a question, then bypassed him and walked slowly to Jiang Ni.

"Jiang Ni, there was once a person who faced the same situation as you. Even as a woman, she had to fight to the death against the enemy for the sake of her people."

"She once said this: 'I never wanted to be a leader. I fight, and they will follow. The feeling of carrying a heavy burden is that a thousand people are all looking forward to every word you say. They are waiting for me to speak. What should I say?'"

"Jiang Ni, are you really ready? Or is your heart full of confusion at this moment, unable to see the direction of the future, not knowing where the path under your feet leads? Can you bear this responsibility?"

Lin Fan looked at Jiang Ni, who was weak and gentle and looked lost, and shook his head. It was clear that she herself didn't know how to walk her future path.

"And you, little Daoist boy from Long Hushan, who sent you here?"

Lin Fan cast his gaze toward the shivering Daoist boy on the side and asked softly.

"Previously, purple lightning filled the sky above Huishan, and then a lightning bolt shattered a corner of the Long Hushan main hall. Celestial Master Zhao Danping sent me to investigate the situation."

The Daoist boy dared not hide anything and hurriedly told the whole story.

He felt that the young master before him was too terrifying, actually making two men dual cultivate—he was simply a devil in the world.

"Zhao Danping, although one of the four Celestial Masters of Long Hushan, is a worldly person with impure roots, yet he dares to send people to spy on me. Take this piece of paper and give it to Zhao Danping when you go back!"

Lin Fan flipped his wrist, and a piece of paper appeared in his hand, which he then handed to the little Daoist boy.

Seeing this, Li Chungang and Cao Changqing's pupils shrank, as if some great secret was hidden on that thin piece of paper.

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but be curious—what secret could there be on this blank piece of paper!