Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 256, Section 047: A Bird Startled by the Bow
The night wind blew.

Jin Ziyue ignored Chu Pingqiu's mockery.

Chu Pingqiu stared at Jin Ziyue, then suddenly smiled and said, "【The Cuckoo's Cry of Blood】has provided me with some good news. I wonder if you want to hear it? It's about Miss Sanshui."

He thought for a moment and added, "Strictly speaking, it's not Miss Sanshui."

Jin Ziyue's pupils narrowed, and dark ripples appeared in his deep eyes.

"Me?" San Shui Lin Xin and Chen Ruo Lan had already walked behind Jin Zi Yue when they were suddenly called out, which surprised them.

“Yes.” Chu Pingqiu’s voice suddenly changed tone, becoming the mimicry of the original [Cuckoo Crying Blood] voice. “I said long ago that you are not the real Sanshui Linxin.”

His expression was playful as he raised an eyebrow at Sanshui Linxin and said, "Tonight, your plan was to use the full moon to awaken the Sanshui clan's spirit-summoning array, wasn't it? It's a pity that we didn't have the chance to continue, otherwise you could have discovered the truth for yourself, imposter lady."

Jin Ziyue remained silent.

After experiencing a series of unusual events tonight, Sanshui calmed down. She glanced at Jin Ziyue, who was standing in front of her, quietly standing there, leaving her with his back to her.

Feeling a little more confident, the girl stepped forward and said, "Whether it's true or false, it has nothing to do with you, right?"

Jin Ziyue looked back at Sanshui with some surprise, wondering when she had come to understand Mandarin.

Sanshui, however, was clearly unaware of this and continued to reply to Chu Pingqiu in a gentle tone.

“But your relationship with the man beside you is a different story.” Chu Pingqiu looked at Jin Ziyue and said, “If you are a fake, then you will naturally lose your usefulness to him.”

Since Sanshui used Japanese to communicate, Chu Pingqiu also switched to Japanese.

"Don't listen to his nonsense," Jin Ziyue said.

"Hmm." Sanshui suppressed her unease slightly. This unease did not come from Chu Pingqiu, but from Jin Ziyue's reaction.

"It's fine if you don't believe me. Everything requires evidence. Trust or distrust is merely a subjective matter; only evidence is objectively real." Chu Pingqiu looked at Jin Ziyue and gave a meaningful smile.

"The reason I dared to impersonate Sanshui Linxin before was naturally because I had my own reasons. You may not know, but the real Sanshui Linxin died at that family banquet two years ago."

Its tone is clearly one of lamentation and grief.

San Shui's eyes widened in surprise. In her mind, more images flashed through her mind: from her perspective, the hot pot was overturned, the world suddenly spun, and it seemed to have hit the corner of the table, with bloodstains spreading around the dress...

The memories gradually became clearer, like scenes from a movie playing back. Whenever stimulated, these images would gush forth like a spring.

"No, no." The girl's eyes trembled slightly, and tears welled up between them.

"Sanshui! Listen to me, it's all an illusion!" Jin Ziyue grabbed her hand and shouted at her.

San Shui stared blankly at Jin Ziyue, a lump forming in her throat. The feeling of fainting from excessive blood loss lingered in her mind.

"I don't know where you, imposter, came from, but I regret to inform you that no one from that family survived. Otherwise, do you think a single guardian spirit could stop me from slaughtering you all?"

[The cuckoo cries blood] Through Chu Pingqiu's body, it slowly recounts the story.

Yes, and guardian spirits too.

San Shui Lin Xin seemed to have found the last straw and summoned the Imperial Sword Attendant.

In the blink of an eye, jet-black hair fluttered in the wind, and a female swordsman dressed in samurai attire hovered to one side.

"Sword Servant, did Mother send you to protect me?" Sanshui looked at the silent guardian spirit beside her with hopeful eyes.

The guardian spirit turned to look at her, its face expressionless. It had been wearing a human face mask for years, and even its pupils were sealed by yellow lattices. Apart from its long hair and graceful figure, it was impossible to tell whether it was female based on its appearance.

For a long time, the sword-wielding attendant remained motionless.

Upon receiving no reply, Sanshui felt as if struck by lightning, and the expression on her face gradually froze.

"How...could this be..." she muttered to herself blankly, feeling utterly exhausted.

Jin Ziyue quickly helped her up, grabbed her arms and shook her, shouting, "Don't think like that, cheer up!"

San Shui looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes: "Did you already know all along?"

"It's not what you think," Jin Ziyue comforted him softly.

"If I'm not Sanshui, then who am I?" Sanshui looked up at Jin Ziyue with a captivating gaze.

"We didn't know where you came from before, but this man's unusual behavior has given us a lot to speculate about. Especially—"

Chu Pingqiu said, a smug smile on his face.

"Shut up!" Jin Ziyue turned around and roared, like a lion with its mane bristling.

San Shui Lin Xin had never seen Jin Zi Yue like this before. No matter when, he only had a cold expression when facing the enemy, and never got angry.

"Isn't your goal tonight to verify your last doubts? If we hadn't interfered, if it were only the [Cuckoo's Cry of Blood], perhaps you would have already found the answer, right?"

Chu Pingqiu was not intimidated by Jin Ziyue's threats and walked over slowly.

"I don't understand, I don't understand! What are you talking about! Why me? Why am I the one who has to encounter such inexplicable people!" Sanshui Linxin suddenly broke free from Jin Ziyue's hands and ran away dejectedly.

"Hey!" Fu Xun raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then ran out after him.

Jin Ziyue stared at Chu Pingqiu, his face dark and his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"It's a pity that the girl doesn't speak Mandarin, otherwise she could have found the answer herself." Chu Pingqiu was clearly more pleased to see this scene.

"While we were talking, Zhang Rang had already rescued the other two. They were quick to escape, leaving only our feud."

Chu Pingqiu stopped in front of Jin Ziyue. Normally, the two were only a body length apart, but it was as if there was a Chu River and Han border between them, and they hesitated to make a move.

Jin Ziyue clutched the struggling phrase "Honoring the Prosperous Era" in his hand; he had no more space to accommodate such a risky decree.

He dispelled the [Regeneration of Thigh Flesh] on his body, took out the Three-Legged Golden Toad Cauldron, and replaced it with [Carbon Gas from the Body].

Finally, the space freed up by the three-legged toad cauldron was used to load "Enjoying a Prosperous Era".

Chu Pingqiu didn't stop him, but watched his life-controlling techniques with great interest.

"I see, that is indeed a very clever method."

An expert knows the way.

He roughly understood Jin Ziyue's methods of controlling life.

A normal master of destiny removes the destiny phrase completely and then loads a new one. This process requires waiting for the destiny phrase to converge and expand, totaling two blood cycles.

Jin Ziyue, on the other hand, had already injected the second destiny word at the same time as the first one was extracted, filling the gap left by the first one. Like a syringe, he could squeeze out as much energy as needed and create as much space as possible, perfectly connecting the two words together. He only needed half the effort of others.

“When you fought Wei Zheng before, you didn’t use your full strength at all. At least you didn’t use the power of the Destiny Word.”

Chu Pingqiu's eyes were full of anticipation: "Let me see your true strength."

(End of this chapter)