The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 305 - 304: The White Tiger Dominates Relatives, Sinful Blood of the East (Two-in-One Mega - )
Upon seeing the words emerge, the Book Immortal couldn’t help but inhale sharply.
As an old man who knew everything under heaven, what scene hadn’t he witnessed?
Yet even so, the spectacle conjured by the Flower Fairy still shocked him.
This woman’s destiny was astounding, truly rare.
The geniuses of this generation were all monsters!
The Book Immortal silently lamented, retracting the bamboo slip and looking at the Flower Fairy’s twisted fate, he realized for the first time that these secrets were ones he could not divulge.
If he were to reveal them now, he feared that even hiding in the Secret Realm, he would be tainted with great karma.
The Book Immortal usually commented on interesting destinies he encountered, but the Flower Fairy’s destiny was too intriguing, which made him dare not to speak. He skipped the Enlightened process altogether and said, "What you most want to know is the hidden details behind the family tragedy. There are forces from the Demon Race behind it, aiding and abetting. If you can locate a Demon of the Upper Realm, she should know the truth."
The Flower Fairy immediately thought of Hu Yuling, a Demon of the Upper Realm, whom she indeed knew.
So the disaster that befell her family was also related to the Demon Race, the Flower Fairy’s anger intensified, regretting that she didn’t eliminate Hu Yuling when she had the chance. Given another opportunity, she would surely torment Hu Yuling severely!
Hu Yuling was in danger.
"Could senior please explain the meaning of the poem just now?"
The Flower Fairy was still very concerned about the poem, but the Book Immortal shook his head and said, "It’s all in the poem, you should comprehend it yourself, I’ll only answer one question."
The Flower Fairy: "..."
Her heart was deeply troubled by the ’misplaced affection’, but as the Book Immortal insisted on not explaining, she had no choice but to figure it out herself.
The most urgent task at hand was to hurry up the mountain and compete for the inheritance of this place, at least not to let the Grassland People obtain it, as they were already far behind.
The Flower Fairy left first, and Dongfang Hongyue grew even more eager, staring at the scrolls, wishing she could immediately fetch them for Lin Yu so it would be her turn after the Book Immortal made a couple of casual remarks.
Lin Yu picked up the bamboo slip, ready to follow the procedure, but the bamboo slip that had always been rolled up, opened automatically in Lin Yu’s hands. She caught it subconsciously and then looked at the text on it.
The Book Immortal was taken aback, as it was one thing for the Heavenly Book to reveal words, but now it actually allowed someone to open the book.
Upon further inspection of Lin Yu’s life pattern, he caught a glimpse of a White Tiger sprawled in front, issuing a daunting roar that made him tremble in fear.
This woman was not merely an heir of the White Tiger...
In the blink of an eye, the illusion vanished, and he did not dare to ask Lin Yu for the bamboo slip back; he simply let her read it herself.
Dongfang Hongyue approached curiously, only to see that the bamboo slip bore not a single word, yet Lin Yu was trembling all over, clearly having seen something astounding.
"Daughter of the White Tiger, born bearing jade, her life pattern foretells calamity, destined to conflict with and lose her kin."
"Her biological father, Zhao Ze, would have lived three hundred years, but perished by the sword at sixty."
"Her biological mother, You Ji, would have lived four hundred years, but was entombed in a beast’s belly at sixty."
"Her foster father, Ming Xin, would have lived five hundred years, but half was lost upon himself."
"Her adopted son, Lin Yun, would have lived a thousand years, but met his end by fire at eighteen."
"Her disciple, Wan Qiu, would have lived eight hundred years, but died in a flood at one hundred."
"Her partner, Lin Yun, would have lived eighty years, but nearly perished by divine wrath at nineteen."
"With all kin perished, the Holy Spirit returns to its place."
"Kin" generally refers to blood relatives, but here, it precisely meant the six people closest to Lin Yu.
The text outlined their original lifespans, yet due to Lin Yu, they had all died prematurely.
Lin Yu had thought she could come to terms with this, but now reading each word, she felt as though a knife was repeatedly slicing across her heart.
It turns out she did have parents, but neither of her parents had a good end.
Lin Yu’s heart felt as if it were being sliced by a knife, but what caused her the most panic and pain were those two lines of text.
"Adoptive son Lin Yun, may live for a thousand years, perishes at eighteen in a fire, Husband Lin Yun, may live to eighty, in his nineteenth year nearly perishes due to divine wrath."
Why, why are there two sentences about Lin Yun...
Thinking back on how Lin Yun had consistently refused to recognize her, and considering that he lacked the cloud-shaped birthmark, Lin Yu’s head felt like it was about to explode.
"Perishes at eighteen in a fire, in a fire..."
From these two words, she seemed to see the scene of her foster son Lin Yun’s death; he had been burned to death, his body reduced to ashes, and then...
The man she now loved had usurped her adoptive son Lin Yun’s identity, and that’s why Lin Yun claimed he had lost all memories and why he did not recognize her at all the first time they met.
All of this, all lies!
Of course, there cannot be two people with completely identical life paths in this world, but it is not difficult to replace a dead person if one has the same appearance and claims to have lost their memory.
In Lin Yu’s heart, grief and rage twisted agonizingly together, plunging her into unprecedented pain.
"Are you okay?"
Dongfang Hongyue noticed that Lin Yu wasn’t quite right and quickly asked with concern.
"I, I’m fine."
Lin Yu clenched her teeth tightly, but she was still trembling all over. The qi and blood in her body were flowing in reverse, and her face kept turning red and then pale.
Dongfang Hongyue immediately felt that something was seriously wrong. This instability was likely to lead to complications, and for Lin Yu to have reached the Enlightened Realm at her age meant she probably lacked some resilience.
But what had she seen that had caused her qi and blood to run in reverse so violently?
Dongfang Hongyue was very curious.
Lin Yu handed the bamboo slip to the Book Immortal, sobbing as she asked, "Yun’er, is he really already dead?"
"You’ve already seen it, so why ask again?"
"Who killed him..."
Lin Yu’s voice trembled as she said, "Does it have anything to do with Lin Yun?"
Book Immortal: "..."
He didn’t dare to answer the question.
But not answering might lead to him being torn to shreds by this near-hysterical tigress.
"Since you’ve guessed it, why ask me? Besides, you’ve always had your suspicions, your doubts; it’s not that you don’t have an answer, you just don’t want to believe your answer."
The Book Immortal was frantically hinting.
I haven’t said anything, it’s you who guessed it.
Bai Jiaojiao and Dongfang Hongyue listening to the conversation were confused.
You said Yun’er is Lin Yun, right? How come there’s another ’he’? And this ’he’ is related to Lin Yun?
This... this... this...
Both of them were puzzled, but Lin Yu covered her chest and began to cough.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her complexion grew even paler, but Lin Yu casually wiped away the blood and said in a cold voice, "Senior, please transport me away from here."
The Book Immortal didn’t dare to delay and instantly opened a gate; Lin Yu walked straight through it. Bai Jiaojiao immediately panicked.
Lin Yu’s murderous aura was terrifying, and moreover, it seemed she was heading straight for Lin Yun.
Bai Jiaojiao, originally wanting to eavesdrop on more gossip, could no longer care about that and followed Lin Yu, rushing out.
The scene before her eyes changed, and Lin Yu had already arrived in the city.
With her current cultivation level, she was probably no match for Lin Yu.
She must break through to the next realm!
She hoped Lin Yun could hold on, with his cleverness, he should be able to wait for my rescue!
Bai Jiaojiao gathered her Dharma Form, and a huge White Dragon began to circle in the sky.
With the cover of the Dragon Gate, her vision went largely unnoticed.
Inside the secret realm, Dongfang Hongyue also hesitated.
She noticed the murderous intent from Lin Yu and wanted to leave with Lin Yu, or at least, she couldn’t let her harm Lin Yun.
But in the hands of the Book Immortal was the answer she had been desperately seeking, the answer that the Dongfang Family had pursued for generations.
"I’m sorry, Lin Yun, hold your mother back, I just have one question to ask!"
Now only Dongfang Hongyue and Book Immortal remained here, the old man touched his book with a bit of distress.
Knowing too many secrets wasn’t a good thing; he always had the sense that the star of death was flashing above his head.
Although he was just an Artifact Spirit, Artifact Spirits could die as well.
Book Immortal glanced at the anxiously burning Dongfang Hongyue and did not dawdle any longer. Who is the most terrifying person in this world?
A constantly proud genius isn’t terrifying; it’s the genius who dares to bow his head that is truly terrifying.
Because such a person, to achieve their goal, can let go of many things.
Book Immortal didn’t want to anger Dongfang Hongyue, so he handed the bamboo slip to her, and as Dongfang Hongyue took the bamboo slip, a black aura spread from her hand to the bamboo slip.
Book Immortal immediately became furious, emitting a golden light that struck the unguarded Dongfang Hongyue and repelled her. Dongfang Hongyue hastily blocked with her hand and ended up with a deep, bone-deep wound on it.
Book Immortal didn’t care about her, he controlled the golden light and slowly dissolved the black aura.
"I initially thought you were a virtuous person, but it turns out you’re full of sins. You’re not worthy to touch the Heavenly Book!"
Book Immortal was very angry; he had not expected that he had misjudged.
Dongfang Hongyue didn’t seem like a bad person, her aura was calm and even, but unexpectedly, she was filled with sin.
The Heavenly Book was most sensitive to such things, and Dongfang Hongyue’s sins had almost tainted it.
Dongfang Hongyue was even more bewildered. She had been a benefactor all her life, not daring to harm a good person. Despite being from the Demon Sect, she was even more like a moral paragon than those from the Righteous Path. Yet, Book Immortal accused her of being full of sin.
She didn’t even care to treat the wound on her hand and said in panic, "Old sir, could there be some mistake? I’ve been a benefactor all my life, how could I have sins..."
"Silence! The Heavenly Book doesn’t make mistakes. Your body flows with evil blood, and even if you were a benefactor all your life, you could not erase the sins of generations."
"Nonsense, my Dongfang Family, for generations, have all been good people!"
Book Immortal cursed at Dongfang Hongyue, and she didn’t care at all, but when he said her bloodline was evil, it made Dongfang Hongyue furious.
Generation after generation of the Dongfang Family were benefactors, but each generation passed away young. For her alone, all her relatives were willing to sacrifice themselves to break the curse on the Dongfang Family, and the family bore a deep resentment towards such a fate. Book Immortal had just touched Dongfang Hongyue’s raw nerve.
Even though she was the most stable in her actions, never fighting battles she wasn’t sure of winning, now she stood up, her body burning with red-gold flames.
"You must apologize to my Dongfang Family!"
"With what right?"
Book Immortal stood proudly with the bamboo slips, a writing brush appearing in his right hand, and with a few casual strokes, he formed a "Scram" character.
The giant "Scram" character assaulted Dongfang Hongyue, who also used her strongest spell, the Red Lotus Apocalypse Flame.
A fiery gold Fire Lotus blossomed in front of Dongfang Hongyue, a spell she had never displayed publicly before.
With her current power, executing it was enough to kill peers in the same realm.
However, Dongfang Hongyue usually held back in fights, settling for hitting without killing, unless someone had offended her grievously—she generally spared lives.
But feeling the strength of the Book Immortal, she no longer held back.
Yet, she still underestimated the Book Immortal’s prowess.
The Fire Lotus clashed with the rolling character, instantly dissipating, while the character still managed to send Dongfang Hongyue flying.
"The strength of ants, yet you dare to bark madly in front of this Immortal, your sins will naturally be collected by the heavens, otherwise you wouldn’t survive. Now, begone!"
Dongfang Hongyue fell to the ground and only then realized her powerlessness; she couldn’t even withstand a single strike from her opponent.
She carried the hopes of her father and the entire Dongfang Family. For years, she had been cautious, diligently cultivating to lift the curse on the Dongfang Family, but now she couldn’t even protect the family’s dignity.
The hard-sought answer she was pursuing was right before her eyes, yet it slipped through her fingers.
Dongfang Hongyue was infuriated, but even more at her own ineptitude.
At this time, Lin Yun had just broken through the barrier of the sea, emerging from the fog, witnessing the scene change and seeing Dongfang Hongyue being struck.
Lin Yun, who had been cheerfully treating the trial as a game, instantly became raging mad. He dashed to Dongfang Hongyue’s side and helped her up.
He saw Dongfang Hongyue’s eyes red with rage, her face coated in disappointment.
She wasn’t gravely injured, save for a wound on her hand.
"Xiao Qing!"
Lin Yun, heartbroken, had Xiao Qing treat Dongfang Hongyue. He couldn’t bother hiding Xiao Qing’s existence anymore, so distraught was he seeing her in such a state.
Seeing his beloved woman bullied filled Lin Yun with a fury that made his blood boil.
Yet the Book Immortal appeared nonchalant, curiosity in his voice, "It’s truly miraculous that you have a True Dragon by your side. Well, it seems you are also here seeking the opportunity. Coming at this time is late, but just now, someone was deemed unworthy of the treasure, that chance is now yours."
The Book Immortal, of course, could tell that Lin Yun and Dongfang Hongyue knew each other, and that they had a close relationship—what did that matter to him?
Despite her despondency, Dongfang Hongyue was relieved to see Lin Yun safe and sound.
She didn’t know how Lin Yun could have succeeded in the trial at this time. She thought he had failed and left the Secret Realm. It was good that he had dodged this catastrophe.
Plus, he might gain the opportunity from the Book Immortal.
After their exchange, Dongfang Hongyue knew the terror of the Book Immortal; he was not an enemy on her level. She couldn’t defeat him, and to fight forcibly was to seek death.
As the last bloodline of the Dongfang Family, she could not die.
That single roll character had awakened her.
But that same character had driven Lin Yun to rage.
Indeed, one cannot always remain rational. Swept up in anger, Lin Yun lost his cool. If Dongfang Hongyue couldn’t defeat their foe, how could he?
But his rage robbed him of his ability to remain calm.
His wife was struck and he was to endure it, to accept an offering from the assailant—was he a dog?
"Treasures or not doesn’t matter, but you dare injure her—I will kill you."
Lin Yun gripped his Divine Artifact tightly, and feeling the intense murderous intent of its master, the Divine Artifact Ingenious Change emitted a series of hums.
Hearing these words, the Book Immortal suddenly felt a chill run through him.
Could it be, a mere mortal could kill me?
