The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World
Chapter 530 - 38: Why Fight When You Can Outlast
The Sacred Demon’s Manual could also be treated as if it weren’t a diary; Wu Xin did not write daily, only penning a few sentences after doing something important.
However, staring at this manual, Lin Yun truly wanted to burst into loud laughter.
"Sacred Demon Calendar year 8927, March 6th, today is really a good day. That stinking woman from Guanghan Palace finally died. She hit me on the head back then, and now she simply died of old age. I pranced around her grave several times, and she didn’t react at all. Hmph, if you have the guts, pop out and hit me now!"
"Sacred Demon Calendar year 8772, Ji Xiaoling from Guanghan Palace hit me on the head. I’ve noted this grudge. A gentleman’s revenge is not too late even after ten years. Just you wait!"
"Sacred Demon Calendar year 8654, December 30th. It’s almost New Year’s. On this day, I’ve lost another old enemy. Sword Thirteen, your timing of death was just right. It’s the New Year’s, I wonder if the Sword Sect will be in utter grief. Hmph, so what if you could beat me? Let’s see who lives longer!"
"Sacred Demon Calendar..."
The bamboo slip was a special Magical Treasure, similar to the Mr. Yuewei’s Miscellaneous Records that Yuxuan gave him, also a little scroll that recorded a vast amount of things. Each time he unrolled it a bit, the text in front would recede, and it seemed like the bamboo slip could never be fully unfolded.
Compared to Mr. Yuewei’s Miscellaneous Records, which recorded knowledge in various fields such as astronomy and biology, Wu Xin’s Sacred Demon’s Manual was even more comprehensive, and the bamboo slip was thicker.
However...
Most of the content inside was about her grudges with others, then, when the other party died, Wu Xin would either dance on their grave or sing at their memorial hall. In short, her actions perfectly reflected the malice of a Great Demon.
Wu Xin wrote with an arrogant and refreshing style, but Lin Yun tried to imagine the scenes of those times and just felt she was both silly and cute. Even the bad things she did seemed adorable because of that.
What to do, after reading her diary, I kind of can’t bring myself to kill her.
Hey, wait, I’m not her match at all, why do I always have this wrong impression that Wu Xin is weak?
Perhaps it’s because in the Sacred Demon’s Manual, Wu Xin is always the one being bullied.
Besides keeping track of grudges, Wu Xin did record some important historical events in the Sacred Demon’s Manual.
So far, Lin Yun’s understanding of the history of the cultivation world only came from history books compiled by people from this world. With a different perspective, there were bound to be biases, but reading Wu Xin’s diary was like seeing history from a first-person point of view.
Lin Yun actually wanted to fast forward to the inaugural year of the Sacred Demon, but this damned bamboo slip had to be flipped page by page. Even though Lin Yun could read ten lines at a glance, he still felt that he wasn’t reading fast enough.
At this moment, Lin Yu and Wang Wanqiu finally came in.
They were waiting outside, mainly for Wang Wanqiu to regain control over the Demonic Qi. After being struck by Lin Yun, Wang Wanqiu had completely forgotten how to gather Qi to form clothing.
She was indeed traumatized.
It’s clear that she has the realm and power, but currently lacks the mental cultivation to match them.
If we talk about Wang Wanqiu’s mentality, she was actually stronger than many of her peers already. She was like a sword, sharp and strong, unyielding.
Open and fearless.
That was probably the case before, but now it’s slightly different. She’s a little afraid of thunder, and also a bit afraid of Lin Yun now.
Just looking at Lin Yun, Wang Wanqiu felt her face heat up.
It was mainly just too embarrassing.
"Did you find anything?"
Lin Yu was the first to speak, as she found that Lin Yun had been inside for a bit too long, yet nothing here seemed to hint at any mysteries.
"I’ve found a bamboo slip, we can confirm that this place belongs to Wu Xin. But currently, Wu Xin is not here, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, perhaps she has an even more hidden refuge."
Though that was what he said, Lin Yun still felt that this was a breakthrough, at least they had found a place where Wu Xin had once stayed.
"A lingering fragrance remains, someone was here not long ago."
Lin Yu said seriously, "I’ve smelled this scent on you before, which means that Wu Xin was indeed here not long ago."
Lin Yun: "..."
I can’t follow up on that.
Is the nose of the White Tiger so sharp?
Lin Yun also had a keen sense of smell, but he hadn’t sniffed anything unusual.
As for the fragrance, weren’t there several pots of flowers there? Lin Yun felt that the scent of those flowers was quite similar.
He really hadn’t noticed a smell identical to Wu Xin’s, but now that Lin Yu brought it up and he gave it a serious whiff, it did indeed match.
However, the emphasis was that she had smelled it on him.
Lin Yun had to dodge the weight of the topic and said, "Then you must be right, I indeed had contact with Wu Xin. At the time, she pretended to be an innocent demoness and even rode my horse."
Lin Yun’s candid explanation of the cause and effect dispelled Lin Yu’s doubts.
Indeed, no matter how lucky Lin Yun was with ladies, it wasn’t realistic for him to have even the leader of the Demon Race in the palm of his hand.
Therefore, Lin Yu shifted her focus back to the current situation. Since Wu Xin was here not long ago, why did she run away?
"It seems that her injuries from Daoist Master Yuxuan were not light, so now she prefers to abandon the carriage to protect the driver and avoid meeting us. Since that’s the case, we must seize the opportunity and find Wu Xin as quickly as possible, otherwise, once she recovers, no one in this world will be able to stop her."
Lin Yun’s poisoning was no longer a major concern, prompting Lin Yu to worry about the bigger picture. Being part of the Human Race, she couldn’t just sit by and let such a time bomb like Wu Xin exist; she had to be dealt with.
Yet she was unaware that at this moment, Wu Xin was already thinking about how to wear Lin Yun down to death.
She was well-practiced in this tactic: those who could beat her couldn’t last against her. It was just unfortunate that the fate of the Human Race was so strong, with its powerful individuals sprouting up like weeds, one wave after another.
But in these over 9000 years, Wu Xin had actually not lacked opportunities to completely annihilate the Human Race.
In terms of strength, she could have done it, as human powerhouses are numerous, but those who can reach the Defiant Heavenly Realm and wrestle with Wu Xin, there were always gaps between generations.
However, Wu Xin had a premonition that if she tried to exterminate the entire Human Race, it would be an act of suicide.
She felt that if she really did that, something terrible would happen, so Wu Xin’s goal from the start was to break the seals and return to Demon Land. As for whether the other demons wanted to exterminate the Human Race once she got back to Demon Land, that was no longer her concern.
Even so, whether or not there were Human Race powerhouses capable of challenging her did have an impact on her actions.
If no one could defeat her, she could do as she pleased. Now that she had encountered a nemesis, she was afraid of being taken as a female slave while going out on errands, so she had to stay hidden.
Yet Wu Xin was not afraid, let’s see who lasts longer in this contest of endurance!