Chapter 376

Xiaoye and Liu Junyan in the air above Linghai exchanged several hundred blows, they went back and forth, fighting fiercely, and in the end they were just evenly matched.

After the fight, Xiaoye reached out and firmly patted Liu Junyan's shoulder; everything was understood without words.

Xiaoye returned to the Linghai Dragon Clan, and we got into the car.

Li Qingying drove, and the two of us sat in the back.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Liu Junyan seemed to have lost some weight, his eyes full of red bloodshot.

It shows how great his pressure has been these days in the Linghai Dragon Clan.

His right hand wrapped around my left hand.

Just after fighting, his palms were hot, big and strong, making me inexplicably feel reassured.

Li Qingying couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Jiu, what exactly did Xiaoye say to you just now in the Linghai Dragon Palace? Why are you two so happy?"

Liu Junyan glanced at me, not looking very surprised: "Xiāo gē secretly brought you into Longling?"

I nodded.

Li Qingying's eyes widened exaggeratedly, she slammed the brake with one foot, turned her head to look at us both: "Longling?! I always knew Xiaoye was bold, but I never imagined his boldness had reached this extent!"

"This is something he could do." Liu Junyan laughed, "He is indeed extraordinarily bold."

I carefully observed Liu Junyan; although he looked tired, the aura emanating from his whole person seemed to have changed.

I asked him: "Āyàn, when the Tomb Guard gave the Head Anointing Blessing, I saw the Copper Coin Person's silhouette solidify for a moment; how do you feel?"

"Head Anointing Blessing?!"

Li Qingying was shocked again.

"Qingying, drive calmly, the water is rising, be careful." Liu Junyan said.

Li Qingying hurriedly restarted the car and drove with full concentration.

Only then did Liu Junyan look at me and say: "I'm fine; when the Tomb Guard gave the Head Anointing Blessing, he infused Chen Ping's half-body Dragon Qi into the Dībā pò, which helped the Dībā pò solidify."

This was something I could never have imagined.

I asked: "But you said you didn't want Chen Ping's half-body Dragon Qi then; I thought you were despising it..."

"Yes, back then I didn't want it." Liu Junyan frankly said, "This Dragon Qi had been sealed in a human-skin doll for a hundred years, long since tainted by killing qi and Resentful Qi; if I rashly absorbed it, whether I could digest it would be a problem, and whether it would have adverse effects on me or the Dībā pò is also unknown, so I preferred to let it go, because I know that as long as I can stop the water dragon, this Dragon Qi will inevitably flow into Longling."

So that's how it was.

"And now?"

"Now it's fine." Liu Junyan said, "After this Dragon Qi flows into Longling, it is purified by the earth veins beneath Longling, and then, through the Tomb Guard's hand, it is infused into the Dībā pò, basically no major problem; however, I still need to go back to Songshan, hoping to borrow the Empty Silence Abbott's hand to give the Dībā pò a point of enlightenment, perhaps..."

"Perhaps what," Liu Junyan did not say.

But I understood his meaning; he surely intends to separate the Dībā pò from his body again.

Contract and separation do not conflict.

Separation is to let the Dībā pò become independent.

And the contract is both to bind and to protect the Dībā pò.

After all, at the moment the Copper Coin Person solidifies and becomes independent, who knows how many beings in the Three Realms and Six Paths covet his fleshly shell.

Protecting the Copper Coin Person well is extremely difficult, after all we already failed once before, right?

I couldn't help but think of Bái Sōnglán, and instinctively asked: "Āyàn, can the Copper Coin Person still return to his former state?"

The so-called "evil monk" state.

Liu Junyan thought for a moment and replied: "Perhaps."

My heart stirred: "Then can I tell Shulan about this?"

Liu Junyan rubbed my hand, hesitated a moment, then said: "Xiao Jiu, I know you mean well, but some things are not suitable to be told bluntly; she needs to discover, digest, and decide for herself."

Those words instantly calmed me.

I like and feel sorry for Bái Sōnglán; in my mind she has always been a good person.

So in my subconscious I very much want to share this news with her right away; I think she would be happy.

But I overlooked many very practical problems.

Can the Copper Coin Person successfully separate?

Can it, like in the evil monk period, refine its own spiritual consciousness?

Bái Sōnglán loves him; what about him?

More importantly, Bái Sōnglán has been fighting her inner demon for so long, barely suppressing it; she seems about to face a tribulation soon; if I give her this message full of uncertain factors now, how will she react?

If her heart becomes chaotic again, and the inner demon sweeps back, can she still withstand it this time?

Thinking this, I shook my head directly: "No, better not tell her for now, Āyàn, you're right—true love can cross mountains and seas, even life and death; how could she not notice the Copper Coin Person's changes? How to choose still depends on her."

Liu Junyan soothingly rubbed my earlobe.

Just then, Li Qingying suddenly jerked the steering wheel, the car veering straight toward the center of the road.

Even though she moved swiftly, the western wave still slapped the car window with a boom, startling us.

Liu Junyan instinctively pulled me into his embrace, shielding my head.

It was a false alarm.

Li Qingying, still uneasy, said: "How can this wave come and go like that? It's too fierce."

Although she was complaining, her tone hinted at excitement.

After all, this section of the Zhu Pan Jiang, once cut off, can now be re-infused with a large volume of water, enough to show that Liu Junyan's ability has risen to a new height.

Liu Junyan's trip to the Linghai Dragon Clan was not in vain.

I immediately asked: "Āyàn, the situation now basically meets our expectations; will you still go through the recognition of ancestors and return to the clan afterward?"

"Yes." Liu Junyan said firmly, "My great-uncle privately told me that through this recognition-of-ancestors dispute, he can help pull out a wave of dissidents from the Branch Vein, and perhaps through them we can find some traces of the Yanlan; the Linghai Dragon Clan appears calm on the surface, but actually, these past days my second and third uncles have already been moving in private; Xiao Jiu, the real storm is yet to come."

I clung tightly to him and asked: "Āyàn, do you feel wronged?"

Clearly he is a descendant of the Linghai Dragon Clan, yet for many years he has not been truly recognized.

Now, returning to seek recognition, seeing with his own eyes those people rejecting him for their own selfish desires, he would inevitably feel somewhat uncomfortable, wouldn't he?

"No." Liu Junyan said, "Because I never hoped for it, I don't feel wronged."

Liu Junyan remained very calm: "Xiao Jiu, I am an adult now—not the ten-year-old who suddenly left his mother, helpless and alone; nor the hundred-year-old who faced his mother's miserable state and could do nothing. Now I am the one who is needed, relied upon…"