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Chapter 276 I Will Follow You Forever

Tianyan was not surprised that Jin Zhou gave the Destiny Stone to Ling Yi.

The reason he went to the Land of Vanishing Gods to rescue Jin Zhou, help her out, and bring her to Ling Yi's side was because Jin Zhou wholeheartedly followed Ling Yi.

As long as Jin Zhou is rescued and the Destiny Stone remains, and as long as she doesn't use power beyond the limits in the Nine Domains and Eighteen Continents, she won't be discovered. Moreover, her strength far surpasses that of the divine descendants, and if anything goes wrong, she can help Ling Yi share the burden.

Furthermore, when she awakens, the Sea God Kingdom will open, allowing Ling Yi to enter the Sea God Kingdom for a year to cultivate, enhance his cultivation, prepare for the unsealing, and also obtain some other things.

But he didn't expect that the Sea God Kingdom actually sealed away the power of the Origin Clan. He only found out when Jin Zhou mentioned it.

Jin Zhou wanted to devour the golden pearl and deal with the black mist. His first thought was to send Ling Yi and the others away. The Origin Clan was special and could influence Ling Yi. He didn't want Ling Yi to confront the Origin Clan too early. At that time, he even thought of sending Jin Zhou back to the Land of Divine Disappearance.

But Jin Zhou told him that even if the person he chose to save was not her, but someone else, there would still be the power of the Origin Clan in their secret realm.

It was at that time that Ji Yanzhi learned that not only the True God himself had suppressed the matter, but their secret realm had also imprisoned the power of the Origin Clan.

Thinking of this, Tianyan felt somewhat guilty.

Because he wasn't personally involved and didn't understand the situation thoroughly, his negligence led to Ling Yi encountering Huo Xin here, almost causing her to lose control.

Thinking of Ling Yi's appearance back then, Tian Yan felt deeply remorseful: [01.]

"Hmm?" Ling Yi was about to draw blood for Jin Zhou when he heard Tian Yan call out, and asked, "What is it?"

Tianyan said: "After you give Jin Zhou your blood, have him swear to the heavens that he was able to deal with the black mist with your help. This will count as your direct participation in the fight against the black mist. Once you resolve the black mist and open the Sea Kingdom, allowing those trapped inside to enter and leave freely, each person will be considered a good deed."

"You can do that?" Ling Yi was somewhat surprised. "Will this affect Jin Zhou?"

Tianyan: [No.]

Ling Yi asked again, "Does that affect you?"

Tianyan Dao: [No.]

"Is that so?" Ling Yi's tone turned cold: "According to what you're saying, doesn't that mean the system can arbitrarily modify the rules?"

"In that case, you can directly unseal all my cultivation, so that Jin Zhou doesn't have to deal with those black mists. I can go myself and truly participate. This way, Jin Zhou won't have to swear an oath, and it won't affect you. Isn't that better?"

【01, You can't take it now.】

"And what about you?" Ling Yi asked again.

The Tianyan she saw in Jin Zhou's memory was very weak, even weaker than that body. The method Tianyan just mentioned, simply put, was to exploit a loophole in the Heavenly Dao. This loophole couldn't be exploited simply by Jin Zhou swearing an oath; it required the intervention of this Heavenly Mandate Messenger. And if he had to intervene, how could there be no impact?

Tianyan wanted Lingyi to exploit this loophole in the rules, and he didn't care about his own situation, but he didn't expect Lingyi to refuse.

"I..." Tianyan said no again, but he knew Lingyi, and if he said it again, she would get angry.

[It has some impact.] Tianyan no longer denied it.

“If it has any impact, then it won’t work.” After Ling Yi finished speaking, he severed the connection with Tian Yan and turned to look at Jin Zhou: “You gave me the Destiny Stone. Since my blood is useful to you, I will give you some as a reward for leaving your Destiny Stone with me.”

“I voluntarily placed the Destiny Stone with you, and I don’t need any reward.” Jin Zhou frowned and said, “If we’re talking about rewards, you’re the one who’s keeping the Destiny Stone for me, so I should be the one giving it to you.”

Ling Yi: "..."

Ling had to try a different approach: "I don't want to keep it for you for too long. I'm giving you the blood so you can come and get it sooner."

Jin Zhou looked at Ling Yi without saying a word.

She knew that Ling Yi insisted on giving her blood and said those things only to help her.

"Ling Yi, thank you." Jin Zhou looked at Ling Yi, his golden eyes filled with gratitude.

Ling Yi did not respond, flew down, and walked back into the palace.

If anyone should be thanked, it should be Jin Zhou herself. If she hadn't treated her with genuine sincerity, she wouldn't have been able to rush back to the Longevity Sea to save Jin Zhou in the first realm, even with her black bone knife.

Back in the hall, Ling Yi cut his palm, used his power to form a bowl, filled it with a small amount, then wrapped it with his power and presented it to Jin Zhou: "This is all I can do for you."

Jin Zhou looked at the blood encased in the power cluster, then turned to Ling Yi: "Ling Yi, whether in the past or now, you have helped me a lot."

Jin Zhou put away the blood, walked on the waves to Ling Yi, and hugged Ling Yi with both hands: "My master, I will follow you forever and wait for my return."

After saying this, Jin Zhou released Ling Yi, turned around and left the palace.

Ling Yi stood still, watching Jin Zhou disappear into the distance.

A gentle force landed on Ling Yi's hand, quickly healing his wounds. Before Ling Yi could speak, Tian Yan's voice rang out: "One spirit stone has been deducted."

Ling Yi twitched the corner of her mouth, said nothing more, and simply asked, "Jin Zhou said I'm her master, do you know what that means?"

The Heavenly Evolution Path: [The True God recognizes a master, making him king.]

"I see." Ling Yi said, "Is the master recognized by the true god recognized by all gods?"

[No.] Tianyan said: [Strength speaks for itself.]

"So Jin Zhou acknowledged me because I defeated her?"

Tianyan: [...] What a huge pit.

Before he broke through that barrier, he was just a system, so how could he know why Jin Zhou recognized Ling Yi as his master?

and……

It wasn't that Tianyan didn't want to answer Lingyi, but that he genuinely didn't know.

When Jin Zhou met Ling Yishi, Ling Yishi didn't even know Jin Zhou.

Seeing that Tianyan remained silent, Ling Yi sighed, "So you didn't know either. I thought you did."

Tianyan: [...I will try my best to gather information to ensure a reply next time.]

Ling Yi smiled and didn't continue the topic: "Jin Zhou is gone, so we should go too."

"Hmm." Tianyan responded.

...

When Jin Zhou left the palace and appeared where the black mist was gathering, before he could take any action, Tianhu and the merman arrived together.

Jin Zhou glanced at them and asked, "Where are the others?"

The merman replied, "On my way."

"Your Majesty, Huang Xin has disappeared." Tianhu looked at Jin Zhou: "Can you sense her?"

Missing?

Upon hearing this, Jin Zhou knew that the situation was not good. To confirm it, Jin Zhou immediately used his sensing method.

As a magical beast, Huang Xin served her, and a contract was to be formed for this matter. Therefore, Jin Zhou could use the contract to sense the situation of the guardians. However, now, Jin Zhou can no longer sense them at all.

Huang Xin is a demonic phoenix. The phoenix clan has the ability to be reborn from the ashes. Even if she dies, Huang Xin can be reborn from the ashes. But now, she cannot be sensed at all.

Did she die after undergoing Nirvana, or... did Huang Xin give up the chance for Nirvana herself?

Jin Zhou thought of Lin Xinze, who had a promise with Huang Xin. After she woke up, she only saw Ling Yi and not anyone else, so she didn't know the situation of the others. However, among so many guardians of the Sea God Kingdom, only Huang Xin had lost contact. Coupled with the previous incident of the demons searching for Huang Xin's whereabouts, Jin Zhou immediately thought that her complete disappearance might be related to Lin Xinze.

"Huang Xin is not coming back." Jin Zhou's tone was cold: "She is a demon."

"Can't come back!?"

Tianhu and Huang Xin don't get along, but when Huang Xin was reborn from the ashes and returned to her egg, the other guardians couldn't suppress Huang Xin's ferocity as a demonic phoenix, so they handed her over to Tianhu. Over the years, Tianhu has stayed with Huang Xin, and his feelings for her are no longer as simple and sarcastic as they used to be.

He truly developed feelings for Huang Xin as a partner. Although they continued to compete after Huang Xin woke up, it was their long-standing dynamic, not a genuine dislike for each other.

Now, the person who used to mock and criticize him is completely gone.

"How could this be?" Tianhu couldn't believe it: "She possessed the flames of rebirth, how could she die so easily?"

The merman was also shocked, but the king's intuition was never wrong. The merman moved his lips, but ultimately said nothing.

Jin Zhou looked at the merman: "Shui Du, contact the other guardians and tell them not to come. Instead, they should guard the fourth district to prevent the beasts of the Sea God Kingdom from causing trouble."

Upon hearing this, Shui Du asked, "One person per district, or will everyone be divided equally among districts four?"

“We’ll split the trips equally and send them to District Four,” Jin Zhou said. “After contacting them, go to the Seventh Palace to pick up Ling Yi, take her to Ye Qingshuang and the others, and escort them to the South District.”

"Your Majesty, are you going to deal with the Yuan Clan's forces all by yourself?" Shui Du asked, looking at Tian Hu with concern. "You run this errand for me."

Upon learning of Huang Xin's passing, Tianhu was already grieving. Hearing Shui Du's words, he knew what Shui Du was thinking and coldly said, "The king didn't give me any orders, he just told me to stay. You go by yourself."

Shui Du pursed his lips and remained silent; he wanted to stay and keep me company.

Seeing that Tianhu was unwilling to help, Shuidu looked at Jinzhou and said, "Your Majesty, I am a merman. Tianhu is more skilled in matters on land than I am. Let him go."

Tianhu sneered and said nothing more.

Jin Zhou said, "Shui Du, don't make me say it a second time."

Shui Du's gaze darkened slightly, but he didn't say anything more. He left to pick up Ling Yi and contact the other guardians to relay Jin Zhou's orders.

After Shui Du left, Jin Zhou looked at Tian Hu and said, "You should go too."

Tianhu didn't speak, just stared at Jinzhou.

After a long silence, the celestial fox finally said, "Our king is ruthless enough."

Jin Zhou said nothing, only saying as before, "I will treat you as a way out for the Sea God Kingdom."

"Is that so?" Tianhu chuckled lightly. "I am a Tianhu, not a mermaid."

Jin Zhou said, "In this world, strength always speaks. Among the guardians of the Sea God Kingdom, only you have the strength to temporarily take charge of it."

"So in that battle back then, you took everyone else to the battlefield, but left me alone in the Sea God Kingdom." Tianhu looked at Jinzhou standing on the waves: "Jinzhou, I am the natal beast you personally chose. What god goes to the battlefield without a natal beast?"

Jin Zhou remained silent.

Seeing that she remained silent, Tianhu's gaze gradually turned cold: "So this time, you're going to abandon me again, right?"

“It’s not abandonment,” Jin Zhou said. “The Sea Kingdom needs you.”

"Heh." Tianhu sneered, turning his head away from Jin Zhou: "What does the Sea God Kingdom have to do with me?"

"Since you don't need my help, then deal with the Origin Clan yourself." With that, Tianhu turned and disappeared without waiting for Jin Zhou to say anything more.

After Tianhu left, Jin Zhou turned to look at the black mist. The waves beneath his feet suddenly rose, enveloping him completely as he rushed towards the black mist.

"boom!"

As the golden day approached, the black shadow that was still absorbing the black mist condensed into a tall giant, which raised its hand and slapped at the incoming waves.

"Boom"

With a deafening roar, the waves crashed into the giant's palm, and the immense force of the battle caused the earth and sky to tremble.

On the mountain peak closest to the central area, the Tian family patriarch looked at the towering waves, his expression turning cold: "Order the others to evacuate."

"Father, are we no longer looking for the Destiny Stone?" asked the young man standing to the left of the Tian family head.

“Yes,” the young man standing to the right behind them chimed in. “The Sea God Kingdom opens once every thousand years. If we don’t find the Destiny Stone this time, we’ll have no chance.”

After listening to what the two had to say, the head of the Tian family turned to look at them and asked, "In your opinion, what should we do now?"

Under the watchful eyes of the Tian family head, the first man to speak said, "Father, I believe we should ask the young master to take action."

Upon hearing this, the man's companion's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he said directly, "Seventeenth Brother, have you forgotten that the young master never interferes in the imperial family's private affairs? Don't bother the young master."

“Eighteenth Brother.” Tianqi looked at the person beside him, his tone gentle, as if he hadn’t noticed the hostility in Tianlin’s tone at all: “No matter what, the young master is still the young master of the Tian family. If the Tian family needs help, I believe that as long as we tell the young master, he will lend a hand.”

Tianlin's lips twitched slightly. Would Tianyan really lend a hand?

He started dreaming before it even got dark, but Tianlin didn't say anything, since he knew very well what his seventeenth brother was thinking.

After all, most of the Tian family's children were dedicated to smearing Tianyan in front of their father in order to remove him from his position as the young master. He didn't have that idea, but he didn't like Tianyan either.

“The young master of the Tian family.” The Tian family head read the sentence aloud, his gaze turning cold as he looked at Tian Qi: “Since you know he is the young master of the Tian family, you should know how bad his situation is.”

"Tianqi, do you want him dead?"

Upon hearing this, all the disciples of the Tian family on the mountaintop, except for the elders, knelt down: "Please calm down, Patriarch."

Without saying a word, Tianlin knelt down with a thud, lowered his head, and dared not utter a sound.

Upon seeing this, Tianqi immediately knelt down as well: "Father, your son would never have such a thought."

The head of the Tian family remained silent, only coldly watching Tian Qi. Under that icy gaze, Tian Qi's heart sank.

His father brought him to the Sea God Kingdom, and although he also brought Tianlin, he thought his father was starting to value him, so he became a little arrogant and spoke without thinking.

The terrifying pressure was like a mountain pressing down, and the sound of bones breaking came from Tianqi's body. He went from kneeling to lying down, and under that pressure, blood began to flow from Tianqi's mouth, nose and ears.

No one dared to look, but just by listening to the sounds and Tianqi's screams, one could tell how severe the patriarch's attack was.

The elders sighed inwardly as they looked at Tianqi's miserable state.

The young masters and ladies always focused on the identity of the 'young master,' but they never realized that the young master was not only the young master of the imperial family, but also the chosen 'messenger.'