Jingliu noticed something strange about Danheng and wondered what he was thinking about. Danheng took a few deep breaths and said slowly, "She...seems to be Yinyue-jun's comrade."

"A comrade, and a friend. He belongs to Yinyue, and to us too." Jingliu looked up at the stars that flew back and forth across the sky, his voice as soft as a withered leaf in late autumn.

"Well... it's all just a thing of the past. I came to Starport simply to pay my respects to her here."

-

The burial of Fulilian.

"It's a funeral offering from the fox people..."

Hugh Tark lay on the chair, and the atmosphere of regret and sadness in the light screen was almost overflowing, making those who were watching feel heavy-hearted.

"Lady Fulilian, I feel that although the Five Heroes of Yunshang have a good relationship with each other, the relationship between Jingliu and Bai Heng seems to be particularly good." Feilun said on the side.

"No?" Fulilian shook her head slightly. "I believe this is simply a remembrance of his comrades and the past. However, if the Moon Drinking Rebellion hadn't happened, Jingliu's tone wouldn't be so heavy now."

"...In Jingliu's opinion, Yinyue-kun is the source of the problem."

Zain looked at Dan Heng's back in the light curtain and sighed, "But now we all know that Dan Feng is helpless. The regret of his comrades' deaths, the crisis of his compatriots' dwindling number, the burden of being a Dragon Lord... Rather than do nothing and only add to the sadness, he would rather take a risky move."

"He bet everything on the Dragon Transformation Technique... but unfortunately, he lost it all."

-

"Jingliu didn't know how to build a star chariot, so Yanqing did it for her. It was only then that he suddenly remembered that he had read the name Bai Heng in a travelogue called 'The Journey Across the Sea'."

"That book is most likely about the author's experiences of crashing his spaceship in different worlds and encountering danger frequently. Yanqing couldn't help but marvel at his luck in escaping danger and surviving safely every time."

"Yes, her luck has always been incredibly bad. Whenever she went out on a mission in her Star Raft, she was either accidentally devoured by the giant beasts of the Rich People or crashed behind enemy lines."

"Talking about Bai Heng's past, Jing Liu's voice rarely showed a hint of warmth. "But when it comes to staying alive... her luck is astonishingly good. No matter how difficult or dangerous the situation, she always manages to turn danger into safety."

"As they were talking, the Star Raft assembly line started moving. Several people arrived at the airport, where a newly built Star Raft was parked."

"After being away from Luofu for so long, I can finally come and say goodbye to you."

Jingliu took a deep breath. When her fingertips touched the cold shell of the Xingcha, she turned back to Danheng and asked, "Drinking Moon... Do you remember the battle with [Shuhu]?"

"I don't remember anything." Dan Heng shook his head.

"Let me tell you, in that battle, that fool Bai Heng finally exhausted the luck bestowed upon him by the Imperial Bow."

"She single-handedly fought her way through the battlefield, allowing the Alliance soldiers to break through the sudden blood-stained prison realm and even reclaiming you from the dragon's rage. But she never left that battlefield, and we all owe her an unpayable debt."

"For the Cloud Riders, being buried on the battlefield is an honor. But Yinyue... you don't understand."

Jingliu's fingers clenched unconsciously. Recalling the scene of slaying the evil dragon in the past, she felt a chill permeate her limbs and bones, and her shoulders trembled involuntarily.

"You couldn't accept Bai Heng's departure, and you actually used it on her... At the moment when she should have been resting in peace, you committed an irreparable mistake."

Chapter 211: Clouds Leave No Trace (Part 4)

Monogatari series.

"Perhaps this is the reason why her demonic Yin body erupted?" Li sighed. "Bai Heng died in battle, and Dan Feng then desecrated Bai Heng's death, transforming her into an evil dragon... Forget Jing Liu, I'm going to collapse just thinking about it."

"Do you feel sorry for her?"

"No, I just think... she's too tired." Li shook his head. "The longer a person on the Immortal Boat lives, the more burdens they carry. For someone like her who has lived for thousands of years, it's probably like carrying a mountain on her back every day, right?"

"But compared to her, I think there is someone more miserable." Shinobu Oshino said softly.

"Who?"

"Jingyuan."

Shinobu Oshino sat by the railing on the rooftop, her fair legs swaying gently, her golden eyes gazing into the distance. "My mentor, Jingliu, suffered a demonic attack, my comrade Bai Heng died in battle, and Ying Xing and Dan Feng, both members of the Five Warriors, committed a grave crime... I also have my duties as a general. I must constantly guard against threats from the Fengrao people, and I must negotiate with the Six Imperials and the alliance's top brass..."

"Ah, enough, enough!" Li interrupted her quickly. "Just listening to this is exhausting enough... He's been able to sit in the position of general for hundreds of years without a demonic body attack. Isn't this guy a monster?"

"Oh, to be a general, you must have ambitions far beyond those of ordinary people."

Shinobu Oshino smiled slightly, "So when that pink-haired dwarf named Fu Xuan expressed her desire to become a general, I thought she was too inexperienced... Although she can handle the affairs of the Immortal Boat well, if she wants to sit firmly in the general's chair for a long time, she must go through hundreds of years of ups and downs and cultivate a mentality like Jing Yuan. It's far from enough."

-

"Jingliu walked over to Xingcha and placed a wine flask that should have belonged to her inside."

"I brought your wine jug...Bai Heng. This was originally a gift that man carved for you, but he was unable to deliver it in person."

"I'm sorry, I only recently found it. Only by returning it to you can my nightmares finally subside." Jing Liu looked up at the azure dome of the immortal ship. "And I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if it means slashing the stars in the sky. I will never break my promise."

Jing Liu watched as the Star Raft carrying Bai Heng's relics slowly ascended into the sky, transforming into a faint speck of light before disappearing into the Jade Realm Gate.

-

Cut the red eyes.

"That wine jug was carved by Ying Xing, right? Has their relationship... reached the point where they don't even want to mention their names?"

"I remember that Ren also called Jingliu... 'that woman'." Mayin recalled the battle between Yanqing and Ren. After Yanqing used the huge ice sword that condensed out of thin air, Ren's expression obviously changed.

...Originally, I just wanted to have a simple meeting with Yan Qing, but after seeing that move, I could no longer hide my desire to kill him.

The feud between these two people seems to be far more than just a Drinking Moon Rebellion.

"So that's what you were discussing?" Nadezhda slowly approached from behind. "Rather than the feud between her and Blade, I'm more concerned about the changes in Blade itself."

"Variety?"

Najeta nodded. "According to Luosha, Blade, one of the Five Heroes of the Clouds, was originally a short-lived species, with a lifespan of only a hundred years. But after experiencing the Moon Drinking Rebellion, he became an immortal species, and is immortal... His vitality and recovery abilities far surpass those of ordinary Immortal Boat people."

"The source of this change isn't just Dan Feng's magical dragon transformation technique, but something even more profound hidden within... I'm afraid it's related to the Fertility Envoy [Shuhu]."

-

"The next stop was the Construction Department. As they entered the department and looked at the evil creatures scattered all over the place, Jingliu was reminded of an old friend who had always been arrogant."

"If he saw the mess that is the Industrial and Manufacturing Department, he would probably laugh at the incompetence of the people of Xianzhou."

Jingliu looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Yanqing again, "Little brother, how about we have another competition like last time? Let me see how much progress you have made in your swordsmanship that you are so proud of?"

"Although Yanqing was somewhat reluctant, he still agreed. The two agreed to meet at the Creation Furnace. After sending Yanqing away, Danheng whispered, "What was your purpose in sending that child away?"

"Jingliu's idea is simple. He just wants to see how many shadows of old friends are in Danheng's every move."

The two men practiced their skills with the demonic Yin bodies they had acquired along the way. Watching Dan Heng's familiar spearmanship, Jing Liu regained his composure after a moment and asked calmly, "This spear still recognizes you as its master. Yin Yue, do you remember the person who forged it for you?"

“It has been with me since I was exiled… I don’t remember when I first started wielding it.”

"Your spearmanship mirrors the techniques used by Yinyue," Jingliu said calmly. "'Battle is like forging, using intense flames to melt away impurities and reveal a person's true nature'—the one who forged this spear for you once said this to you. Do you remember?"

"Of all us, if we were to say who was closest to him, it would have to be you. It's strange that someone so arrogant could get along so well with someone who looks down on others."

"Danheng tried hard to recall that experience. The name of the person Jingliu mentioned flew around like leaves in the wind, and the sound was blurred."

"I would rather be a firefly flying into the flames than a fallen tree that lives forever. I will let all the people on the Immortal Boat know that Ying Xing Shana's life is more valuable than their long and useless lifespans."

-

Spell return battle.

"Don't be a perpetual tree... Humph." Ryoumen Sukuna's lips curled up in a slightly appreciative arc. "That's a good idea."

Just by reading this casual remark, Sukuna could almost imagine the expression on the face of the high-spirited white-haired man when he said this.

The Yingxing of that year is the Ren of today. Thinking that he is already immortal, not only does he possess the endless lifespan of the immortal boat people, but his recovery ability is even more exaggerated than his reversal technique... Sukuna only feels inexplicably ironic.

"Not bad?" The Tatarstan soldiers looked at the Tatarstan soldiers who had just arrived at the temple. They were looking forward to the thousand-year-long, even very boring time in the middle.

As long as you live long enough, time will always bring interesting things. He looked up at Jing Liu's sword-like figure in the light curtain: "If I had died a thousand years ago and missed such an interesting thing, I would regret it even in hell, right?"

"That's true."

With one hand resting on the side of his face, Ryomen Sukuna involuntarily recalled the myriad emotions that surged through his heart when he first saw the destroyed Nanook.

Smallness, shock, fear, resonance...

There are countless things that he finds difficult to express in words.

It was a novelty he had never experienced in a thousand years. It instantly crushed him, nearly crushing his bones and soul. It left him momentarily dazed, his limbs filled with a chill.

For thousands of years, countless people have called him a fighting maniac and the embodiment of violence. However, Ryoumen Sukuna himself knows that he only wants to use fighting to bring him intense excitement and make this boring life less boring.

However, those humans, whether strong or weak, passed through his body like water, turning into decay, leaving nothing behind except a body covered in blood.

And the pervasive stench of blood would also dissipate silently under the sun at dawn, like a mayfly, born in the morning and dead in the evening. What awaited him was still only the feeling of unsatisfied emptiness.

But the moment he looked into Nanook's eyes, the feeling of emptiness as huge as a monster and as deep as an abyss was satisfied almost instantly.

It's really... incredible.

Chapter 212: No Trace Left by the Clouds (V)

"Even as a child, he was hell-bent on revenge against the evil creature, crossing the vast sea of ​​stars to come to the Immortal Ship to learn the art. When I first met him, his head was barely taller than my sword, yet he boasted that he would spend a hundred years learning all the skills of the Craftsmanship Department."

"Speaking of this, Jing Liu couldn't help but snort: "A mere puppy is so arrogant that it's on par with Dragon Lord."

"I initially despised his eccentric personality, but when we met again, I discovered that the weapons he crafted were far superior to even the best craftsmen. He even earned the title of Hundred Metallurgist, the highest rank awarded to the head of the Craftsmanship Bureau."

As they were talking, Yan Qing had already arrived at the Creation Furnace. He looked down at her from the stairs and said, "Big Sister, you weren't deliberately letting me get there first, were you?"

"How could that be? It's because your swordsmanship has improved so rapidly that I can't keep up." Jingliu pursed his lips and smiled.

"Yanqing thought his purpose in coming to the Gongzaosi was to pay homage to the so-called "Short-lived Senior," but unexpectedly, Jingliu asked calmly, "When did I ever say he was no longer alive?"

Dan Heng looked shocked: "He transformed into an immortal?"

"You guessed right. Fate loves to play tricks like that." Jingliu's voice gradually grew low and gloomy. "Some people, despite their brilliant intelligence and wisdom, always make the most foolish choices when fate takes a turn."

"As clever as he is, he actually dreamed of using the flesh and blood of the Envoy of Plenty, Suhu, to help Yinyue bring his beloved friend back to the world of the living after he died in battle."

Jingliu looked up at the Jianmu roots entwined with the furnace of creation before him and took a deep breath. "His foolish actions ultimately transformed him into an immortal monster. His soul was shattered, and he fell into the evil that he despised most in life—what a cruel twist of fate..."

"For what he did, he should have been imprisoned forever. But I gave him a kind of freedom." Jing Liu sneered. "I took away his hollow body, gave him a hundred deaths, taught him swordsmanship, and taught him to never forget the karma of his past life. I heard that after he was reborn, he even gave himself a name..."

-

Blade teeth.

"A hundred deaths..."

Inside the Tokugawa family's residence, Kaoru Hanayama gasped. While it was easy to guess what had happened between the two based on Ren's attitude towards Kagami Ryu, killing the other over a hundred times... was still beyond Kaoru's imagination.

But unlike him who was sweating profusely, King Lie Haiwang next to him couldn't stop shaking all over, his muscles were as tense as a fully drawn bowstring, and even his breathing became rapid and heavy.

"Rei, what's wrong with you..." Tokugawa was curious about Rei Kaiou's condition. Was he scared?

...That's impossible.

As a boxer with the title of "Sea King", Retsu Kaioh is a person who will not retreat or be afraid even if he dies.

Retsukaiou finally spoke, his voice a mixture of desire, envy, and a hint of barely suppressed excitement: "With an immortal body, infinite resurrection... wouldn't that mean I could always challenge this Lady Jingliu? And always learn her swordsmanship in person?!"

The scene of himself being easily killed by Jingliu time and time again, but getting up again and again flashed through his mind... Lie Haiwang did not feel cold all over, on the contrary, he felt that his blood was almost boiling and burning.

"I gained a lot... and I can use it endlessly next time!"

-

"And on the other side, in the Scaled Abyss."

"Rakshasa was asking the general how to quell the disaster brought on by abundance. Jing Yuan's response was perfectly accurate: 'The Alliance, following the Emperor's edict, continues to fight demons, hoping to one day eliminate the Medicine Master and restore order to life and death.'"

"Rakshasa wasn't surprised by this answer, but while it's admirable, it's rather narrow-minded. There aren't just any single forces in the universe that want to kill the Medicine Master, but to actually want to eliminate Feng Cao is absurd, bordering on laughable."

"To completely break the Medicine Master's curse, we must find another way to address the root cause."

"Your master has received divine revelation, returned from the demonic realm, and traveled across all realms, finding a way to untie this knot..."

"I'm listening." Jing Yuan stared at him coldly.

Luosha smiled faintly and cut off the conversation at the right moment: "Sorry, General. It seems that the next move... will be made in Xuling."

"As I expected, confessing your guilt and accepting punishment is just a means to an end." Jing Yuan was not surprised. "Using the Ten Kings' Imperial Order to travel to Xuling and confront the Six Generals and even the Marshal... this is your true purpose."

"--And the contents of that coffin were prepared for this very purpose."

Even though Jing Yuan hit the nail on the head, Luosha remained calm and smiled, "General, you just said that this matter is not up to you or me. The laws of the alliance are like this and cannot be changed."

"This time, even Jing Yuan couldn't help but praise Luosha's meticulous and thorough plan, which had even been deployed to the alliance in advance."

"You've really changed, Jing Yuan."

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