Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 364 Choice
The jade light on the ground reflected the colorful feathers behind Ying's ears, making them appear even more vibrant.

She stood among the crowd, petite in stature, like a rabbit among wolves, yet looking into her innocent and clear eyes, one could not find a trace of fear.

Upon hearing Wei Huang's unquestionable command, Ying Yao did not react at all, but simply raised her head slightly.

She is a true phoenix, but Wei Huang may not be a true dragon.

Without waiting for Wei Huang to get angry, Gu Beiming immediately shouted at Gu Jingnian, "Why haven't you given him the orders yet?!"

"Yes, father."

Gu Jingnian agreed and shook his head at Ying, saying, "Destroy the boundary of Fujie Mountain."

"Yes, son."

Yingyao answered in the same tone, but then asked in return, "How can we destroy the boundary of Mount Fujie?"

Gu Beiming first glanced at Liu Yuchuan.

Liu Yuchuan said, "Come with me."

He walked through this jade-like mountain range, which resembled a glacier and snowfield. The space ahead became increasingly open, and gradually, a huge lake appeared.

The lake embankment is also made entirely of jade, and the lake water is covered with a misty haze.

As you get closer, you can feel the comforting mist, which is exactly the spiritual energy needed for the Yihai people to use their supernatural abilities.

“This is His Majesty’s furnace,” Liu Yuchuan said, standing by the lake.

He pointed and said, "To be more precise, this is just the energy refined by the furnace, which comes from the strange people who attacked the Yihai over thousands of years. The maintenance of the world and the ability of the strange people in Zhongzhou to use their powers all come from this."

Wei Huang stood by the lake with his hands behind his back, a look of pride rising in his eyes.

He cultivated in this precious land, devoted himself to destroying the Yue Kingdom and breaking the boundary of the East Sea, making himself stronger than anyone before. Now that he has broken the boundary of Fujie Mountain, no one can stop him from being the only one in Zhongzhou.

"Go down."

Liu Yuchuan shook his head at Ying.

Gu Jingnian then asked, "What will happen after we go down?"

Liu Yuchuan frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

After descending, he naturally refined Yingyao, causing her to vanish into nothingness. Thus, the pillar stone that guarded the boundary of Mount Fujie was gone, naturally fulfilling their desires.

But Liu Yuchuan was puzzled as to why Gu Jingnian would still ask such a question.

"What are you babbling about?" Gu Beiming urged, "Aren't you going to let her down?!"

"Yes."

Gu Jingnian responded very slowly, turning to Ying Yao with difficulty.

It was clear that he was desperately resisting Gu Beiming's orders, his body was trembling and his eyes showed pain.

He looked at Yingyao.

“Young master, please speak,” Ying said.

"you……"

Gu Jingnian's lips trembled, and he finally closed his eyes.

Just then, Yingyao made her move.

The moment the fire wings rose from her back, they transformed into sharp blades and pierced out.

"Escort!"

Shen Jichi rushed towards Wei Huang immediately, but was pushed away by Wei Huang.

Because Yingyao's fiery blade was not aimed at Wei Huang, but at Gu Jingnian.

"puff."

The fiery blade pierced through Gu Jingnian's heart, exiting from his back and pulling out a bright red heart.

The heart was still beating.

"Pfft."

"Pfft."

The fiery wings dissipated, her heart pounded on the ground, and Yingyao helped Gu Jingnian up, asking, "Young Master, are you alright?"

Gu Jingnian smiled, his smile becoming much more relaxed.

At the same time, Liu Yuchuan and Wei Huang made their move simultaneously, pushing with both hands to shove Gu Jingnian and Yingyao into the lake.

By the time things had come to this, Gu Jingnian wanted to break free of control, but it was too late.

They don't need Yingyao to willingly die; they can kill her directly without any consequence.

However, two pairs of fiery wings suddenly unfolded.

Gu Jingnian and Ying Yao, who were pushed into the lake, did not fall; instead, they flew above the lake. Their strength had increased significantly compared to the past, especially Ying Yao, who had become the pillar of Fujie Mountain and was no longer the same as before.

Just as Liu Yuchuan and Wei Huang were about to fight again, their gazes suddenly sharpened.

They saw Gu Jingnian take a stone out of his pocket.

The stone was like a mirror, exactly the same as the broken furnace stone that Liu Yuchuan had just destroyed.

But then Gu Jingnian raised it, about to throw it into the misty lake.

"No!"

"No!"

Liu Yuchuan and Wei Huang shouted at the same time.

The two figures vanished instantly, flying towards the lake like arrows, intending to catch the broken hearthstone.

Gu Jingnian's eyes were filled with ruthlessness as he slammed the stone down without hesitation.

"Treason! Stop!"

Gu Beiming was also roaring.

But the roar was clearly ineffective.

Gu Jingnian's chest had only a bloody, mangled hole, and blood kept flowing out, falling into the lake...

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"Your mother has something she wants to tell you."

The Lord of the Realm whispered in Gu Jingnian's ear.

"Remember, the healer will not be easily controlled by the blood-linking technique."

Gu Jingnian vaguely recalled something.

When he was very young, his mother wanted to say this to him.

"How did you know?" he asked the realm lord.

The Lord of the Realm closed his eyes.

Gu Jingnian then reached out and pulled down the black mask on her face.

It was a somewhat familiar face, the woman looked to be in her thirties, very beautiful, yet her eyes held a resolute look.

Gu Jingnian had seen her before, either in a dream or when he was very young, he had seen Qiu Funan's appearance.

"You are……"

Before the word "my mother" could even be uttered, the Realm Lord had already shaken his head.

"I am not your mother."

"But you..."

“I have lived in this realm for hundreds of years, how could I be Qiu Funan?” The realm lord murmured, “I am not even a person, I have no body, no age, no gender, I am just a series of memories… As for Qiu Funan, she is the body I borrowed this time.”

These words were long, but she said them very quickly; she almost instantly brought the memories to Gu Jingnian's mind.

“More than ten years ago, my previous body was destroyed, and I was looking for a new body that was tough enough to bear all my superpowers and memories. It wasn’t easy to find one. That’s when Qiu Funan appeared. She crawled out of the furnace in the Zhuojing Realm. Do you know how I saw her?”

Gu Jingnian shook his head.

"The boundary of the Four Pillars Mountain is all drawn from the huge furnace in Zhuojing. The spiritual energy is interconnected. I followed the spiritual energy and saw her. I asked her if she would be willing to give me her body. She said yes, and so she became a part of me."

As he spoke, the Realm Lord's gaze softened considerably. He looked deeply at Gu Jingnian and said, "Actually, I also have Qiu Funan's memories, including the process of giving birth to you. In a sense, I am your mother."

By this point, Gu Jingnian could no longer bring himself to call out.

His eyes showed pain, and he wanted to say something, but the stronger his desire to speak, the more painful it became.

"I think……"

“I know what you’re going to say, you want to break free from control,” the Realm Lord said. “No need to say it, it’s not difficult, but now is not the time. Gu Beiming will sense it… Child, you don’t want to be a pawn anymore, do you?”

"Yes."

"Then you shall end all of this, let dust return to dust, let ashes return to ashes, let Zhongzhou return to its original state, can you do it?"

Gu Jingnian felt something warm being handed to his hand.

He looked down and saw two smooth stones.

"Do you also want to use me? I don't want to be their pawn, nor will I be your pawn."

“It’s alright, you have a choice,” the Realm Lord said. “Fate is there, you can choose to submit, or you can choose to resist one more time… Once you’ve made your choice, I’ll tell you what this stone is for.”

(End of this chapter)