High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 237 - 145: Crushing Ambitions, King Jingnan Dies! (Double Length)
Although she said so, Su Huaiying couldn’t help but feel a mist clouding her eyes as she looked at the golden barrier before her.
That guy wasn’t dead, and she was immensely joyful and delighted in her heart.
Several days ago, at the border of Liangyang, she had nearly died.
Not a physical death, but a spiritual one, as her heart turned to ash, her thoughts utterly desolate.
Even in the endless cycles of the Void Illusion Realm, she remained conscious, persevering until Chen Kuang arrived to break the stalemate.
Because at least at that time, her mother was still by her side, and no matter what happened along the way, no matter how many hardships she faced, Chu Wen Ruo was always one of her most vital spiritual pillars.
Moreover, there was Chen Kuang’s eerie corpse, constantly reminding her of the difference between illusion and reality.
But after the battle with the Martial Saint, her two spiritual pillars collapsed overnight...
Chen Kuang was killed by the Martial Saint, and her most familiar and trusted mother turned out to be an Ancient Great Demon!
After the pure white woman, like moonlight, left with Chen Kuang’s corpse, Su Huaiying’s world turned upside down. In confusion and daze, she was escorted to the Yang Kingdom by Wen Si.
Having buried "Chu Wen Ruo’s" corpse, Qing Cuo said goodbye halfway and turned to head to the Zhou Kingdom.
Su Huaiying did not stop her; everything before her seemed shrouded in gray, unable to stir her Heart Lake even slightly.
But soon, after sitting numbly for a night, Su Huaiying rallied –
She still had her mission.
Tens of thousands of souls from Liang Kingdom rested upon her shoulders, and she still needed to revive her nation, to fulfill the tasks her father never managed.
Chen Kuang died indirectly protecting her at the hands of the Martial Saint; this vengeance must be avenged.
And her mother, this most beloved existence, what she truly is, she must find out... She would find Chu Wen Ruo and get the truth face to face.
And since she was already in Yang Kingdom, Su Huaiying’s first step was to enter the secret realm where the Ancient Relic was located and secure her foundation.
Her experiences in the illusion told her that soon, there would be a large-scale rebellion in Yang Kingdom, triggered precisely by the emergence of an Ancient Relic...
At this moment, Zhang Zhizhou found her again.
This senior brother from Freedom Mountain who always supported her in the illusion realm was indeed not dead!
At that time, Zhang Zhizhou feigned death, and after the collapse of Liang Kingdom, he quietly escaped along with them, observing from the shadows.
Only at this moment did he find Su Huaiying again.
Familiar with his character, Su Huaiying did not resent him for standing by, not helping in their time of need.
Zhang Zhizhou, aside from his extraordinary wisdom and strategy, was essentially a self-centered, rational madman with his logic.
Whatever he wished to do, apart from the teacher, no one could stop him.
If he didn’t wish to do something, not even the teacher could compel him.
Moreover, their enemy was the Martial Saint; who could stand against a Saint?
Thus, with this ally on her side again, Su Huaiying felt relieved.
Wen Si was, after all, Chen Kuang’s senior brother, not her ally. While trustworthy, he wasn’t truly one of her own.
Besides, Wen Si had his own matters to attend to.
By his own words, he was off to seek a reason from an old immortal who once beat him up. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Su Huaiying then headed to Yong’an State, to Yong’an River, to retrieve the "Retrospective Bell."
Along the way, she witnessed displaced people, pervasive starvation, things that were shocking, utterly unlike the image of a prosperous nation.
Su Huaiying understood this marked the turning point from prosperity to decline for Yang Kingdom.
The Divine Farmer Bureau and the Yang Court, to keep the news under wraps, disregarded the lives of a state’s people, thus igniting a nationwide rebellion.
However, the secret realm was only the fuse; the actual driving force came from rebellion instigated by King Jingnan of Zangfeng State.
Using the unrest in Yong’an State, King Jingnan of neighboring Zangfeng State would fan the flames, utilizing the conflict between the Demon Race and the Divine Farmer Bureau to rapidly ignite what could have been quelled.
Yang Kingdom thus tore apart, divided by Yong’an River, commencing a decade-long civil war.
In a certain cycle within the illusion realm, Su Huaiying used this to ally with Yang Kingdom, engaging in war against Zhou Kingdom.
But upon Su Huaiying’s exit from the secret realm, she saw the enormous finger descending from the sky, sealing all of Zangfeng State within.
Besides the shock, a massive question arose within Su Huaiying’s heart—
The Saint had made a move, but why now?
This contradicted the sequence she knew.
Even if she took the "Retrospective Bell" early, it shouldn’t have altered so much, as the rebellion in Yong’an State was to officially begin in half a month.
Zangfeng State should be peaceful now, and the Saint had no reason to suppress it at this time unless an unforeseen influencing factor emerged.
Su Huaiying’s heart skipped.
In the countless cycles, the progress had never changed, only altered by someone outside of the cycle.
If not Su Huaiying, then who?
"It’s Chen Kuang."
Only then did Zhang Zhizhou tell her that Chen Kuang was indeed not dead.
On that day, Zhang Zhizhou had known Chen Kuang’s plan, hence played chess with Lin Er You, essentially just to toy with him, offering a hint.
His words about "Chen Kuang must die in Liang Kingdom" meant Chen Kuang would feign death to escape.
